[Federal Register: April 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 70)] [Notices] [Page 18032-18033] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr13ap98-73] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct research and recovery activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.). Permit No. PRT--839848 Applicant: Richard P. Braun, Carson National Forest, Taos, New Mexico Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) on the Carson National Forest in New Mexico. Permit No. PRT--802209 Applicant: Dr. Virginia M. Dalton, Tucson, Arizona Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae) and Mexican long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris nivalis) within Arizona and New Mexico. Permit No. PRT--840014 Applicant: Gail Tunberg, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, New Mexico Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in New Mexico. Permit No. PRT--840171 Applicant: Vicky J. Meretsky, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for Kanab ambersnails (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis) in Arizona. Permit No. PRT--840214 Applicant: J. Matthew Tanner, Texas Utilities Services, Inc., Dallas, Texas Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for interior least terns (Sterna antillarum) in the Big Brown Mine in Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas. Permit No. PRT--841353 Applicant: Clifton Ladd, Loomis & Moore, Austin, Texas Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following endangered species in Texas: Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagis texanus) Tooth Cave spider (Letoneta myopica) Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone) Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli) Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli) Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi) Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus) Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) piping plover (Charadrius melodus) red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) Permit No. PRT--820337 Applicant: Terry Myers, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Springerville, Arizona Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest monitoring for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. Permit No. PRT--822998 Applicant: John M. McGee, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) on the Coronado National Forest in Arizona. Permit No. PRT--841359 Applicant: Abel M. Camarena, Gila National Forest, Silver City, New Mexico Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for American peregrine falcons (Falco pereginus), and southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in New Mexico. Permit No. PRT--799294 Applicant: Paul E. Boldt, U.S.D.A., Agricultural Research Service, Temple, Texas Applicant requests authorization to collect stem cuttings from the wild population of Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii) in Starr County, Texas. DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received on or before May 13, 1998. ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when submitting comments. All comments received, including names and addresses, will become part of the official administrative record and may be made available to the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when requesting copies of documents. 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, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents within 30 [[Page 18033]] days of the date of publication of this notice, to the address above. Susan MacMullin, Acting ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [FR Doc. 98-9586 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-55-U