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Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit
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[Federal Register: February 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 25)]
[Notices]
[Page 5609-5610]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for endangered species permit.
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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for permits 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.).
DATES: Written data or comments on these applications must be received,
at the address given below, by March 8, 2002.
ADDRESSES: 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: Victoria Davis, Permit Biologist). Telephone: 404/
679-4176; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Davis, Telephone: 404/679-
4176; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of
several methods. You may mail comments to the Service's Regional Office
(see ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the Internet to
``victoria__davis@fws.gov''. Please submit comments over the Internet
as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption. Please also include your name and return address in your
Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Service
that we have received your Internet message, contact us directly at
either telephone number listed above (see FURTHER INFORMATION).
Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the Service office listed
below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is to make comments, including
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from the administrative record. We will
honor such requests to the extent allowable by law. There may also be
other circumstances in which we would withhold from the administrative
record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and address, you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. However, we will not consider anonymous
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Applicant: Jerry L. Farris, Arkansas State University, State
University, Arkansas TE051013-0.
The applicant requests authorization to take (remove, tag, collect
shells, remove glochidia, exam, measure, transport, hold in raceways
and/or recirculating trough units)the Ouachita-rock pocketbook,
(Arkansia wheeleri) for the following purposes: To characterize the
population size, sex ratio, age structure, and associated fish and
mussel species; to determine gravidity and glochidial release periods
for currently reported populations; and to determine suitable host fish
that occur within the Little River and the Kiamichi River. The
activities will occur in the Little Red River, Sevier and Little River
counties, Arkansas and the Kiamichi River in Le Flore and Pushmataha
Counties, Oklahoma.
Applicant: National Park Service, Big Cypress National Preserve,
Superintendent John J. Donahue, Ochopee, Florida, TE051015-0.
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, tranquilize,
hold temporarily, transport, radio collar, provide medical treatment
for injury or illness, release, and euthanize) the Florida panther
(Puma concolor coryi) for the following purposes: To maintain a healthy
panther population, to assess the habitat potential to support
panthers, to monitor the effects of the genetic restoration project,
and to make sound management decisions regarding the increasing
recreational demands on the resources as well as the proposed
restoration projects affecting the Big Cypress National Preserve. The
proposed activities will take place on the Big Cypress National
Preserve, Collier, Dade, and Monroe Counties, Florida.
Applicant: Peter Frederick, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida, TE051429-0.
The applicant requests authorization to take (monitor, capture,
collect blood, radio and satellite tag, and perform necropsies when
necessary) 120 young wood storks (Mycteria americana). The purposes of
the study are to measure the survival rates of young storks for up to 3
years of age, develop a demographic model, describe movement patterns
and habitats used by storks, and develop an interactive educational Web
site for K-12 use. The capture and handling of young birds will occur
in Dade, Broward, Collier, Monroe, Lee and Palm Beach counties,
Florida.
Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Frank
Montalbano, Tallahassee, Florida, TE051553-0.
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, tranquilize,
hold temporarily, transport, radio collar, provide medical treatment
for injury or
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illness, release, and euthanize) the Florida panther (Puma concolor
coryi) for the following purposes: To maintain a healthy panther
population, to assess the habitat potential to support panthers, to
monitor the effects of the genetic restoration project, and to make
sound management decisions. The activities will take place throughout
the state of Florida.
Applicant: USDA Forest Service, Bankhead Ranger District, Tom
Counts, Double Springs, Alabama, TE052205-0.
The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture,
identify, and release) gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis) to determine if maternity colonies are present in
caves and to determine more accurate dates of entry and exit at
hibernacula. The proposed activities will take place on the Bankhead
Ranger District in Winston, Lawrence, and Franklin Counties, Alabama.
Applicant: Dowling Environmental Services, Inc., Hugh Dowling,
Mobile, Alabama, TE052208-0.
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture and release)
the Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) to conduct
surveys to determine the presence of beach mice for the future
development of a Habitat Conservation Plan. The activities will take
place in Baldwin County, Alabama.
Dated: January 24, 2002.
Sam D. Hamilton,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 02-2808 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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