[Federal Register: November 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 212)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2010-N221; 20124-1113-0000-F5]
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for scientific research
permits, or the Fish and Wildlife Service is amending their existing
permit, to conduct certain activities with endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Act requires that
we invite public comment on these permit applications.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before December 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to the Chief,
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room
6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Documents and other information submitted
with these applications are available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act.
Documents will be available for public inspection, by appointment only,
during normal business hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500
Gold Ave. SW., Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Please refer to the
respective permit number for each application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248-6920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Permit TE-24623A
Applicant: Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington, Illinois.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to hold Mount Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
grahamensis) in captivity. The applicant's intended purpose is
breeding, including (but not limited to) husbandry, maintenance, and
transportation, at the Miller Park Zoo.
Permit TE-24625A
Applicant: Wendy Leonard, San Antonio, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler
(Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
within Texas.
Permit TE-088197
Applicant: High Mesa Research, Valdez, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailii extimus) within
Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.
Permit TE-821577
Permittee: Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona.
The Service is amending Arizona Game and Fish Department's current
permit for research and recovery purposes for the range of activities
they undertake, including, but not limited to presence/absence surveys,
research, and reestablishment of the following species within Arizona
and adjacent portions of California, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico:
Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis), Mexican long-nosed bat
(Leptonycteris nivalis), masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus
ridgwayi), bonytail chub (Gila elegans), Gila chub (Gila intermedia),
humpback chub (Gila cypha), Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius),
Quitobaquito pupfish (Cyprinodon eremus), Virgin River chub (Gila
seminuda), woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus),Yaqui chub (Gila
purpurea), Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis),
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), thick-billed parrot
(Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha), black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes),
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), jaguar
(Pathera onca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon
macularius), Sonoran tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi),
Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis),
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis
occidentalis), and Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus
hualpaiensis).
Permit TE-25446A
Applicant: Gerald Monks, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher
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(Empidonax trailii extimus) and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris
yumanensis) within Arizona.
Permit TE-217655
Applicant: Rachel Barlow, Manchaca, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-
cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo (Vireo
atricapilla) within Texas.
Permit TE-25609A
Applicant: The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
for the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus). The applicant
intends to captive breed, conduct genetic research, and reintroduce the
species to the wild within California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New
Mexico, and Idaho.
Permit TE-820085
Applicant: The Nature Conservancy, San Antonio, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to transport, handle, salvage, and collect seeds
of the following rare plants: Star cactus (Astrophytum asterius),
Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii), south Texas ambrosia
(Ambrosia cheiranthifolia), Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris), black-
laced cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii), Zapata
bladderpod (Physaria thanmophilia), Walker's manihot (Manihot
walkerae), and ashy dogwood (Thymophylla tephroleuca), including
propagation and repatriation activities on private and Federal lands in
Texas, including The Nature Conservancy's Las Estrellas Preserve.
Permit TE-25736A
Applicant: Regina Overath, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys and collect leaf tissue and seeds
from the following endangered plants: South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia
cheiranthifolia), slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella), and black
lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii) within Texas.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: October 27, 2010.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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