[Federal Register: December 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 238)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit application, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the public 
to comment on the following application to conduct certain activities 
with an endangered species.

DATES: We must receive comments on this permit application on or before 
January 11, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written data or comments to the Chief, Endangered 
Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, 
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035 (telephone: 413-253-8615; fax: 413-253-
8482). Please refer to the permit number when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Miller, at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicant has applied for a 
scientific research permit to conduct specific activities with an 
endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We solicit review and comment 
from local, State, and Federal agencies and the public on the following 
permit request:

Permit No. 166622

    Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Virginia Field 
Office, Abingdon, Virginia. The applicant requests a permit to take 
(capture and kill) the Lee County Cave isopod (Lirceus usdagalun) for 
the purpose of defining populations genetically and determining the 
degree of genetic separation between populations.

Public Review 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.
    Comments and materials received will be available for public 
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above 
address.

    Authority: The authority for this section is the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.)

    Dated: November 8, 2007.
Thomas J. Healy,
Acting Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24084 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]

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