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Endangered and Threatened Species
Permit Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered or threatened species. The
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act), prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such
activities. The Act and the National
Environmental Policy Act also require
that we invite public comment before
issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
October 31, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10
Coordinator, by U.S. mail at Division of
Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Room
6034, Albuquerque, NM at (505) 248–
6651. Please refer to the respective
permit number for each application
when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306,
Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248–
6641.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
prohibits activities with endangered and
threatened species unless a Federal
permit allows such activities. Along
with our implementing regulations in
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at
50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits,
and requires that we invite public
comment before issuing these permits.
A permit granted by us under section
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10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes
applicants to conduct activities with
U.S. endangered or threatened species
for scientific purposes, enhancement of
survival or propagation, or interstate
commerce. Our regulations regarding
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A)
permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50
CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species,
and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant
species.
Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following applications.
Please refer to the appropriate permit
number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456)
when requesting application documents
and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the
applicants have submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552).
Permit TE–039571
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management,
Yuma, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys for southwestern
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus) within Arizona.
Permit TE–78959A
Applicant: Sarah Weber, Spring Branch,
Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica
chrysoparia) within Texas.
Permit TE–78960A
Applicant: Federal Emergency Response
Agency, Denton, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of, to
temporarily hold and handle, and to
salvage Houston toads (Bufo
houstonensis) within Texas.
Permit TE–07059A
Applicant: Paul Marsh, Chandler,
Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absences surveys of loach minnow
(Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega
fulgida) within Arizona.
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Permit TE–80954A
Applicant: Thomas Crane, American
Livebearer Association, Ridgewood,
New Jersey.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to breed
and capitvely hold Big Bend gambusia
(Gambusia gaigei), Gila topminnow
(Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis),
and Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)
obtained from The Dexter National Fish
Hatchery and Technology Center, New
Mexico, in American Livebearer
Facilities across the United States.
Permit TE–014168
Applicant: Peter Sprouse, Manchaca,
Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
surveys of the following species within
Texas:
• Barton Springs salamander
(Eurycea sosorum)
• Bee Creek Cave harvestman
(Texella reddelli)
• Bone Cave harvestman (Texella
reyesi)
• Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina venii)
• Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes
texanus)
• Cokendolpher Cave harvestman
(Texella cokendolpheri)
• Comal Springs dryopid beetle
(Stygoparnus comalensis)
• Comal Springs riffle beetle
(Heterelmis comalensis)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave
meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave
spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
• Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes
venyivi)
• Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
(Texamaurops reddelli)
• Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
madla)
• Peck’s Cave amphipod
(Stygobromus pecki)
• Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina baronia)
• San Marcos salamander (Eurycea
nana)
• Texas blind salamander
(Typhlomolge rathbuni)
• Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
persephone)
• Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
(Tartarocreagris texana)
• Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
(=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE–208531
Applicant: Sarah Zappitello, Manchaca,
Texas.
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Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
surveys of the following species within
Texas:
• Bee Creek Cave harvestman
(Texella reddelli)
• Bone Cave harvestman (Texella
reyesi)
• Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina venii)
• Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes
texanus)
• Cokendolpher Cave harvestman
(Texella cokendolpheri)
• Comal Springs dryopid beetle
(Stygoparnus comalensis)
• Comal Springs riffle beetle
(Heterelmis comalensis)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave
meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave
spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
• Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes
venyivi)
• Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
(Texamaurops reddelli)
• Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
madla)
• Peck’s Cave amphipod
(Stygobromus pecki)
• Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina baronia)
• San Marcos salamander (Eurycea
nana)
• Texas blind salamander
(Typhlomolge rathbuni)
• Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
persephone)
• Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
(Tartarocreagris texana)
• Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
(=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE–217655
Applicant: Rachel Barlow, Manchaca,
Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
surveys of the following species within
Texas:
• Bee Creek Cave harvestman
(Texella reddelli)
• Black-capped vireo (Vireo
atricapilla)
• Bone Cave harvestman (Texella
reyesi)
• Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina venii)
• Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes
texanus)
• Cokendolpher Cave harvestman
(Texella cokendolpheri)
• Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica
chrysoparia)
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• Government Canyon Bat Cave
meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave
spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
• Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes
venyivi)
• Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
(Texamaurops reddelli)
• Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
madla)
• Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina baronia)
• Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
persephone)
• Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
(Tartarocreagris texana)
• Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
(=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE–83598A
Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–078127
Applicant: Dallas World Aquarium,
Dallas, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for
husbandry and holding of Kemp’s ridley
(Lepidochelys kempii), leather back
(Dermochelys coriacea), and hawksbill
(Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles
within the Dallas World Aquarium,
Dallas, Texas.
Permit TE–155413
Applicant: Murray Itzkowitz,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of,
net, fin clip for genetic analysis, and
expand breeding habitat by removing
bulrush and preventing regrowth using
submerged cement tile for Leon Springs
pupfish (Cyprinodon bovines) and Pecos
gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) within
Texas.
Permit TE–069320
Applicant: KBA Enviroscience, Ltd.,
Lewisville, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys of American burying
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in
Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota;
interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
and red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides
borealis) within Oklahoma, Arkansas,
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and Louisiana; and piping plover
(Charadrius melodus) within Oklahoma
and Louisiana.
Permit TE–828830
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management,
Tucson, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of
the following species within Arizona:
• Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon
macularius)
• Gila chub (Gila intermedia)
• Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis
occidentalis)
• Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris
curasoae yerbabuenae)
• Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
• Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus)
• Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement (516
DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)).
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we
receive in response to this request will
be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
(telephone); (703) 358–2280 (fax);
DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
Applicant: Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Endangered Species; Receipt of
Applications for Permit
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct animal
husbandry and captive management of
California condors (Gymnogyps
californianus) within the Phoenix Zoo,
Arizona.
AGENCY:
A. How do I request copies of
applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
Please include the Federal Register
notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant
in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an email or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please
confine your comments to issues for
which we seek comments in this notice,
and explain the basis for your
comments. Include sufficient
information with your comments to
allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless Federal authorization is
acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
October 31, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203;
fax (703) 358–2280; or email
DMAFR@fws.gov.
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the street
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
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
Permit TE–83692A
Applicant: Sphere 3 Environmental,
Inc., Longview, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys of
red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides
borealis) within Texas.
Permit TE–83693A
Applicant: Oklahoma Biological Survey,
Norman, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys and
collect stems, seeds, and voucher
specimens of haperella (Ptilimnium
nodosum) within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–051832
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Permit TE–012642
Applicant: Blue Earth Ecological
Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys of loach minnow
(Tiaroga cobitis) within New Mexico
and Arizona.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), we have made an initial
determination that the proposed
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Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: September 24, 2012.
Benjamin N Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2012-N186; FXES11130200000F5-123-FF02ENEH00]
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. The
Act and the National Environmental Policy Act also require that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before October 31, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10 Coordinator, by U.S. mail at
Division of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O.
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM at (505) 248-6651. Please refer to
the respective permit number for each application when submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248-6641.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such
activities. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits,
and requires that we invite public comment before issuing these
permits. A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
authorizes applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22
for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the
public to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting
application documents and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with
these applications are available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit TE-039571
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Yuma, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within
Arizona.
Permit TE-78959A
Applicant: Sarah Weber, Spring Branch, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of golden-cheeked warbler
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.
Permit TE-78960A
Applicant: Federal Emergency Response Agency, Denton, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of, to temporarily hold and handle,
and to salvage Houston toads (Bufo houstonensis) within Texas.
Permit TE-07059A
Applicant: Paul Marsh, Chandler, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absences surveys of loach
minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within Arizona.
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Permit TE-80954A
Applicant: Thomas Crane, American Livebearer Association, Ridgewood,
New Jersey.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to breed and capitvely hold Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei), Gila
topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), and Pecos gambusia
(Gambusia nobilis) obtained from The Dexter National Fish Hatchery and
Technology Center, New Mexico, in American Livebearer Facilities across
the United States.
Permit TE-014168
Applicant: Peter Sprouse, Manchaca, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following
species within Texas:
Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki)
Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE-208531
Applicant: Sarah Zappitello, Manchaca, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following
species within Texas:
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki)
Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE-217655
Applicant: Rachel Barlow, Manchaca, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following
species within Texas:
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE-83598A
Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-078127
Applicant: Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for husbandry and holding of Kemp's
ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), leather back (Dermochelys coriacea), and
hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles within the Dallas World
Aquarium, Dallas, Texas.
Permit TE-155413
Applicant: Murray Itzkowitz, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of, net, fin clip for genetic
analysis, and expand breeding habitat by removing bulrush and
preventing regrowth using submerged cement tile for Leon Springs
pupfish (Cyprinodon bovines) and Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)
within Texas.
Permit TE-069320
Applicant: KBA Enviroscience, Ltd., Lewisville, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in Kansas, Nebraska, and South
Dakota; interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) and red-cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) within Oklahoma, Arkansas,
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and Louisiana; and piping plover (Charadrius melodus) within Oklahoma
and Louisiana.
Permit TE-828830
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Tucson, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following species within
Arizona:
Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
Gila chub (Gila intermedia)
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae)
Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus)
Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
Permit TE-83692A
Applicant: Sphere 3 Environmental, Inc., Longview, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of red-cockaded woodpecker
(Picoides borealis) within Texas.
Permit TE-83693A
Applicant: Oklahoma Biological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys and collect stems, seeds, and
voucher specimens of haperella (Ptilimnium nodosum) within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-051832
Applicant: Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct animal husbandry and captive
management of California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) within the
Phoenix Zoo, Arizona.
Permit TE-012642
Applicant: Blue Earth Ecological Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of loach
minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) within New Mexico and Arizona.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1,
1.4C(1)).
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we receive in response to this request
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.).
Dated: September 24, 2012.
Benjamin N Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2012-24116 Filed 9-28-12; 8:45 am]
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