Federal Register: September 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 179)
DOCID: fr17se09-61 FR Doc E9-22377
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS ID: [FWS-R2-ES-2009-N189; 20124-1113-0000-F5]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr17se09-61
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 October 19, 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. 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 TE829996
Applicant: Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to their current permit for
research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli) within Texas.
Permit TE051832
Applicant: The Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit to capture and breed Mt. Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) to be held in the zoo and eventually released back into the wild. Permit TE225730
Applicant: Scott Cutler, El Paso, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for education purposes to display
skeletons and skins of salvaged California condors (Gymnogyps
californianus) at the Centennial Museum within the University of Texas at El Paso.
Permit TE226653
Applicant: The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following plants: sentry
milkvetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax), Mancos milk
vetch (Astragalus humillimus), Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra),
and autumn buttercup (Ranunculus aestivalis) within New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
Permit TE192855
Applicant: Amnis Opes Institute, LLC., Cornvallis, Oregon.
Applicant request a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of humpback chub (Gila cypha) within the Colorado River, Arizona.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: September 10, 2009.
Brian Millsap,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. E922377 Filed 91609; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 2486920.