[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 47826-47827] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-24115] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The following individuals have applied for a permit to conduct certain 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-830271 Applicant: Patrick Mullen Burchfield, Brownsville, Texas Applicant requests authorization to receive, rehabilitate, and release endangered and threatened sea turtles that are found sick, injured, or cold shocked on Texas beaches including Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), green (Chelonia mydas incl. Agassizi), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles. Permit No. PRT-810341 Applicant: Dr. David W. Owens, College Station, Texas The applicant requests authorization to take/receive salvaged specimens of endangered/threatened sea turtles that may occur along the Texas coast for scientific research and recovery purposes, rehabilitation and release back into the wild, and to permanently hold nonreleasable specimens for future scientific research aimed at enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. Species include Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Green (Chelonia mydas), and Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles. Permit No. PRT-831384 Applicant: Deborah L. Risberg, Albuquerque, New Mexico Applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), and Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) on reservation areas and statewide within New Mexico and Arizona. Permit No. PRT-830213 Applicant: Dr. George A. Ruffner, Mesa, Arizona Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for, mist net, and band Southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) within the State of Arizona. Permit No. PRT-4 832201 0 Applicant: Dr. Richard N. Conner, Nacogdoches, Texas Applicant requests authorization to monitor nest success, cavity competitors, and other biotic features within red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) habitat during and outside the red-cockaded woodpecker breeding season. Permit No. PRT-4 831957 0 Applicant: Bryan R. Adams, Lake Jackson, Texas Applicant requests authorization to display 5 Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles for educational purposes. Permit No. PRT-4 832018 Applicant: Leonard Robbins, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Gallup, New Mexico Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida), peregrine falcons (Falco pereginus), bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola), and the Mesa Verde cacti (Sclerocactus mesae-verdae) within the Navajo Indian Reservation and Indian allotted lands in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Permit No. PRT-829995 Applicant: Richard W. Buickerood, Dallas, Texas Applicant requests authorization to display 45 Texas blind salamanders (Typhlomolge rathbuni), and 57 Barton Springs salamanders (Eurycea sosorum) for educational display purposes at the Dallas Zoo and Dallas Aquarium. Permit No. PRT-821369 Applicant: Rhonda M. Sidner, Tucson, Arizona Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct population surveys, capture (using mist netting techniques), handle, photograph, and release unharmed at the capture site Mexican long-nosed bats (Leptoncycteris nivalis) in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Permit No. PRT-832385 Applicant: D. Craig Rudolph, Nacogdoches, Texas Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) in eastern Texas. Permit No. PRT-833003 Applicant: Eric C. Milstead, Portales, New Mexico Applicant requests authorization to collect 3000 seeds from gypsum wild buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum) from each of the 3 populations of this species near Carlsbad, New Mexico. A specimen will also be collected for storage in the herbarium as a tool for future reference. Specimens will be pressed and added to the herbarium collections at Eastern New Mexico University and either New Mexico State University or the University of New Mexico. Permit No. PRT-825473 Applicant: Edward M. Sutherland, Austin, Texas Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following federally-protected species: American peregrine falcon (Falco pereginus ovatum) golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) whooping crane (Grus americana) Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata) black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentals) cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) [[Page 47827]] piping plover (Charadrius melodus) red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei) Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans) Permittee also requests authorization to collect the minimal amounts necessary for identification of the following plants from existing or new highway rights-of-way: Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii) Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha minima) slender rush pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) Sneed's pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. Sneedii) star cactus (Astrophylum asterias) Terlingua Creek cat's-eye (Cryptantha crassipes) Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris) Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula) Texas prairie dawn (Hymenoxys texana) Texas snowbells (Styrax texana) Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis var. texensis) Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus tobuschii) Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae) white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida) ashy dogweed (Thymophylla tephroleuca) black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii) bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa) Davis' green pitaya (Echinocereus viridiflorus var. Davisii) Hinckley's oak (Quercus hinckleyi) Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii) large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa) Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus) Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Neolloydia mariposensis) Permit No. PRT-820283 Applicant: Dr. David M. Leslie, Stillwater, Oklahoma Applicant requests authorization to collect by seine and freeze 30 specimens of Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) at each of 10 sites in the Diamond Y Draw Preserve of the Texas Nature Conservancy, Pecos County, Texas. Permit No. PRT-833851 Applicant: Robert Hansen, Austin, Texas Applicant requests authorization for scientific monitoring, enhancement of propagation or survival, and incidental taking of the Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum). Permit No. PRT-833866 Applicant: Donna Work, Lufkin, Texas Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis); monitor populations, cavity trees, and stand conditions; midstory and understory removal/control; install artificial cavity inserts, restrictor plates, hardware cloth, and snake exclusion devices; banding and sexing of juveniles; and capturing, handling and possible banding of adults. Permit No. PRT-833867 Applicant: Juan Valera-Lema, Austin, Texas Applicant requests authorization hold 4 Barton Springs salamanders (Eurycea sosorum) and to collect and/or receive 25 additional species for educational display purposes at the Austin Nature and Science Center. Permit No. PRT--833868 Applicant: E. Linwood Smith, Tucson, Arizona Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range in Arizona. Permit No. PRT--822998 Applicant: John M. McGee, Tucson, Arizona Applicant request authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to survey for the Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi), Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp recurva), Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri robustispina), New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentals), Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia), American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum), and Canelo Hills ladies' tresses (Spiranthes delitescens). DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be by October 14, 1997. 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 days of the date of publication of this notice, to the address above. Jerome M. Butler, Acting Regional Director, Region 2 Albuquerque, New Mexico. [FR Doc. 97-24115 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-55-P