Federal Register: May 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 93)
DOCID: fr15my09-90 FR Doc E9-11372
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS ID: [FWS-R2-ES-2009-N0091; 20124-1113-0000-F5]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr15my09-90
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before June 15, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The following applicants have applied for scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Act requires that we invite public comment on these permit applications.
SUMMARY:
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay be made publicly available at any time.
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While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Permit TE212451
Applicant: Peter Ortiz, Houston, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species: Houston
toad (Bufo hustonensis), Monito gecko (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus),
green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys
imbricate), leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Puerto Rican
boa (Epicrates inornatus), Virgin Island tree boa (Epicrates monensis
granti), blackcapped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), goldencheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), brown pelican (Pelecanus
occidentalis), interior least tern (Sterna antillarum), Roseate tern
(sterna dougalii dougalii), whooping crane (Grus Americana),
Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla), redcockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Puerto Rican sharpshinned hawk
(Accipiter striatus venator), Puerto Rican plain pigeon (Columbia
inornata wetmorei), Puerto Rican nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus),
yellowshouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus xanthomus), Attwater's
greater prairiechicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), California
condor (Gymnogyps californiananus), masked bobwhite (Colinus virgianus
ridgwayi), northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis),
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Yuma
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), Cape Sable seaside
sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis), Everglade snail kite
(Ammodramus svannarum floridanus), and wood stork (Mycteria Americana)
throughout the entire range of these species within the jurisdiction of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, specifically the Southwest and Southeast Regions.
Permit TE212896
Applicant: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for humpback chub (Gila cypha) within Arizona.
Permit TE213424
Applicant: Jonah Evans, Boerne, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of blackcapped vireo (Vireo
atricapillus) and goldencheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.
Permit TE006655
Applicant: Logan Simpson Design, Tempe, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within Utah.
Permit TE144755
Applicant: Reagan Smith Energy Solutions, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of red cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) within Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: May 6, 2009.
Thomas L. Bauer,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. E911372 Filed 51409; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 431055P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 2486920.