[Federal Register: July 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 137)] [Notices] [Page 38667] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17jy98-83] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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-842116 Applicant: Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility, Lewisville, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to conduct scientific research and recovery activities for Texas wildrice (Zizania texana). Permit No. PRT-813889 Applicant: Navajo Fish and Wildlife Department, Window Rock, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), Mancos milkvetch (Astragalus humillimus), and Brady pincushion cactus (Pediocactus (=tourmeya) bradyi) in Arizona and New Mexico and in portions of the Navajo Nation. Permit No. PRT-839814 Applicant: Sea World of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to maintain Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles, hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles, green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles for research and recovery purposes, education, display and rehabilitation of sick and injured specimens of all sea turtles species from the coastal area of Texas. Permit No. PRT-842565 Applicant: Cibola National Forest. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), American peregrine falcons (Falco pereginus anatum), bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and Zuni fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus) on the Cibola National Forests in New Mexico. Permit No. PRT-842566 Applicant: Lamar University, Department of Biology, Beaumont, Texas. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to collect specimens of 25 populations of Texas prairie dawn-flower (Hymenoxys texana) from the greater Houston, Texas, area and Harris and Fort Bend Counties, Texas. Permit No. PRT-842583 Applicant: La Tierra Environmental Consulting, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for aplomado falcons (falco femoralis septentrionalis), and southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) on Fort Bliss and New Mexico. Permit No. PRT-831540 Applicant: City of San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to collect Texas wildrice (Zizania texana) for scientific research and recovery purposes in the San Marcos River, Texas. Permit No. PRT-772084 Appliant: Sunrise Nursery, Leander, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to sell in interstate commerce artificially propagated specimens of the federally protected star cactus (Astrophytum (=Echinocactus) asterias) and Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina). Permit No. PRT-839505 Applicant: Aaron D. Flesch, Flagstaff, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to survey for masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, and the Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri robustispina) in Pima County, Arizona. Permit No. PRT-841838 Applicant: Karen Ritchie, Austin, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to survey for nesting red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) in Bell, Hays, Travis, Williamson, Hardin, Walker, Montgomery, and Walker Counties, Texas. Permit No. PRT-844147 Applicant: Program on Genetics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to collect Arizona hedgehop cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus) from the Bureau of Land Management-Safford District, Cibola, Apache-Sitgreaves, Coronado, and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico. Permit No. PRT-828640 Applicant: Harris Environmental Group, Tucson, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in riparian areas of Arizona and New Mexico; and lesser long- nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoea yerbabuenae) within Arizona and New Mexico. DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received on or before August 17, 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. Renne Lohoefener, ARD-Ecological Services Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [FR Doc. 98-19075 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-55-M