Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct

certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided

pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.):

PRT-797352

Applicant: National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and

Stream Improvement, Inc., (Dr. T. Bently Wigley), Clemson, South

Carolina.

The applicant requests a permit to take (conduct population

surveys, handle, band, and release) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides

borealis) throughout the Southeastern United States. These activities

are proposed for the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.

PRT-797420

Applicant: Mr. Wendell Neal, Raymond, Mississippi.

The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, survey, and monitor)

the Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates), Anastasia

Island beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus phasma), Choctawahatchee

beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus allophrys), Perdido Key beach mouse

(Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) and southeastern beach mouse

(Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris) throughout their respective ranges

in the southeastern United States. These activities are proposed for

the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.

PRT-797421

Applicant: South Illinois University at Carbondale (SIU), Ms. Kyle

R. Piller, Carbondale, Illinois.

The applicant requests a permit to take (handle and hold in

captivity to conduct research) the Relict Darter, (Etheostoma

chienense) in western Kentucky. These activities are proposed for the

purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.

PRT-797423

Applicant: Dr. Numi Goodyear, Kingston, Rhode Island.

The applicant requests a permit to take (trapping and handling) the

Silver rice rat, (Oryzomys argentatus) in the Lower Keys of Monroe

County, Florida. These activities are for the purpose of enhancement of

survival of the species.

Written data or comments on any of these applications should be

submitted to: Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. All data and

comments must be received by the Regional Director within 30 days of

the date of this publication.

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 to the following office within 30

days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30345

(Attn: Permit Coordinator). Telephone: 404/679-7110; Fax: 404/679-7081.

Dated: December 15, 1994.

John T. Brown,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 94-31562 Filed 12-22-94; 8:45 am]

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