[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10063-10064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3933]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R6-ES-2011-N026; 60120-1113-0000-D2]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permits.

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SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of applications to conduct certain 
activities pertaining to enhancement of survival of endangered species. 
The Endangered Species Act requires that we invite public comment on 
these permit applications.

DATES: Written comments on this request for a permit must be received 
by March 25, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit written data or comments to the Assistant Regional 
Director-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 
25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-
0027.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Availability of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal indentifying 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.

Document Availability

    Documents and other information 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), by 
any party who submits a request for a copy of such documents within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail 
(see ADDRESSES) or by telephone at 303-236-4256. All comments we 
receive from individuals become part of the official public record.

Applications

    The following applicants have requested issuance of enhancement of 
survival permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species 
pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the

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Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
    Applicant: Craig D. Miller, Boulder, Colorado, TE-040571. The 
applicant requests a renewed permit to take Southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival and recovery.
    Applicant: Mark Peyton, Central Nebraska Public Power and 
Irrigation District, Gothenburg, Nebraska, TE-038221. The applicant 
requests a renewed permit to take piping plover (Charadrius melodus), 
interior least tern (Sterna antillarum), and American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival 
and recovery.
    Applicant: Kevin Bestgen, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, 
Colorado, TE-046795. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take 
Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) and razorback sucker 
(Xyrauchen texanus) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout 
the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and 
recovery.
    Applicant: Randy Rieches, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido, 
California, TE-051835. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take 
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival and recovery.
    Applicant: William Sloan, National Park Service, Moab, Utah, TE-
047808. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Southwestern 
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with 
recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant: Sam Stukel, South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks, Yankton, 
South Dakota, TE-124904. The applicant requests a renewed permit to 
take pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in conjunction with 
recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant: Robert Muth, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman 
Fish Technology Center, Bozeman, Montana, TE-038970. The applicant 
requests a renewed permit to take pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus 
albus), June sucker (Chasmistes liorus), bonytail (Gila elegans), and 
woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival and recovery.
    Applicant: Steven Wall, Volga, South Dakota, TE-121908. The 
applicant requests a renewed permit to take Topeka shiner (Notropis 
topeka) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' 
range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant: Jay P. Gilbertson, East Dakota Water Development 
District, Brookings, South Dakota, TE-056001. The applicant requests a 
renewed permit to take Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in conjunction 
with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose 
of enhancing its survival and recovery.

    Dated: February 11, 2011.
Noreen E. Walsh,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 2011-3933 Filed 2-22-11; 8:45 am]
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