Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Applications.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants 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-836329

Applicant: Don Blanton, Blanton & Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for the following species within the state of Texas:

Birds

northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)

black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)

red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Attwater's greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)

Amphibian

Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)

Mammals

ocelots (Felis pardalis)

jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli)

Plants

Texas prairie dawn (Hymenoxys texana)

large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa)

Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)

Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis)

South Texas ragweed (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)

Texas ayenia (Ayenis limitaris)

Walker's Manioc (Manihot walkerae)

ashy dogwood (Thymophylla tephroleuca)

Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)

Star cactus (Astrophytum asterius)

white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida)

Permit No. PRT-836371

Applicant: Robert X. Barry, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range,

Luke AFB, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for

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the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on

the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range in Yuma, Maricopa, and Pima

Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-819538

Applicant: Paul Sawyer, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix,

Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum

cactorum) in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-802956

Applicant: John O. Mills, Walcoff & Associates, White Sands Missile

Range, New Mexico.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for the following endangered/threatened species:

Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus)

whooping cranes (Grus americana)

Arctic peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius)

bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

interior least terns (Sterna antillarum)

aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis)

southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida)

piping plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Kuenzler hedgehog (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzeri)

Sneed pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii)

Todsen's pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii)

Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum)

Permit No. PRT-837577

Applicant: Laura R. Duncan, SEC, Sedona, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus) and peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Arizona and New

Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-689914

Applicant: Donna J. Shaver, Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus

Christi, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization to take necessary measures to

protect naturally occurring sea turtle nests on all Texas beaches, not

limited to but including the following species for scientific research

and recovery purposes:

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)

leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)

loggerhead (Caretta caretta)

green (Chelonia mydas)

Permit No. PRT-835115

Applicant: Loretta A. Pressly, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct activities for

scientific research and recovery purposes for the slender rush-pea

(Hoffmannseggia tenella) in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Permit No. PRT-799099

Applicant: Dale W. Stahlecker, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Applicant request authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys

for, measure, weigh and band for bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

in New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received

on or before February 4, 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 days of the date of publication of this notice, to the

address above.

Renee Lohoefener,

Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 98-77 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]

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