25362 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices

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.

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.).

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

‘‘kenneth_graham@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 below (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. We will not; however,

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.

DATES: Written data or comments on

these applications must be received, at

the address given below, by May 31,

2000.

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: Ken Graham,

Permits Biologist). Telephone: 404/679–

7358; Facsimile: 404/679–7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken

Graham, Telephone: 404/679–7358;

Facsimile: 404/679–7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicant: The Maryland Reptile Farm,

Reisterstown, Maryland, TE023415–0

The applicant requests a permit to

purchase a pair of captive bred Puerto

Rican boas, Epicrates inornatus, from

the Heritage Park Zoo in Prescott, AZ in

order to establish a captive breeding

program for the species.

Applicant: Forest Supervisor, Daniel

Boone National Forest, Winchester,

Kentucky, TE025674–0

The applicant requests authorization

to take (survey for, harass, and in some

instances to collect dead mussel shells,

plants or plant parts for identification

purposes only) four endangered

mammal species, one endangered bird

species, two endangered fish species,

twenty endangered mussel species, and

three endangered plant species all

present or potentially present on the

Daniel Boone National Forest. Any

taking would occur during routine

biological surveys and monitoring, for

the purpose of enhancement of survival

of the species.

Applicant: Phillip R Scheuerman,

Johnson City, Tennessee, TE023821–0

The applicant requests authorization

to take (capture, handle, identify, and

release during biological surveys), the

endangered Cumberland monkeyface,

Quadrula intermedia, throughout the

South Fork Holston River drainage in

Tennessee, for the purpose of

enhancement of survival of the species.

Applicant: Michael Catalini, of the CP

Jungle, Cordova, Tennessee,

TE022974–0

The applicant requests a permit to sell

in interstate commerce, the endangered

green pitcher-plant, Sarracenia

oreophila, the endangered Alabama

canebreak pitcher plant, Sarracenia

rubra spp. alabamensis, and the

endangered mountain sweet pitcher

plant, Sarracenia rubra spp. jonesii, all

which have been reared from

propagated stock.

Applicant: Phil Sheridan, of the

Meadowview Biological Research

Station, Woodford, Virginia,

TE022690–0

The applicant requests a permit to sell

in interstate commerce, the endangered

green pitcher-plant, Sarracenia

oreophila, the endangered Alabama

canebreak pitcher plant, Sarracenia

rubra spp. alabamensis, and the

endangered mountain sweet pitcher

plant, Sarracenia rubra spp. jonesii, all

which have been reared from

propagated stock.

Applicant: Kathryn Stephenson Craven,

Texas A&M University, College

Station, Texas, TE025759–0

The applicant requests authorization

to accept, possess, and conduct

bioassays on legally obtained blood,

tissue and egg yolk samples for five

species of endangered or threatened sea

turtles. Assays would be conducted for

protein and steroid hormones, and

samples would be utilized for DNA and

yolk lipid extraction. Samples would be

legally obtained from researchers at

various universities and scientific

institutions, and through a Texas A&M

University cooperative agreement with

the Cayman Turtle Farm. Authorization

has also been requested for collection of

a limited number of wild green sea

turtle eggs at the Archie Carr National

Wildlife Refuge in Florida for yolk

sampling. The sampling and bioassay

program would be conducted for the

purpose of enhancement of survival of

the species.

Applicant: Mr. Donald Robohm, Sea

Chick Mississippi Inc., Escatawpa,

Mississippi, TE025761–0

The applicant requests authorization

to take (harass, conduct research

utilizing non-lethal aversion

techniques), the endangered brown

pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, at Sea

Chick’s facility in Jackson County,

Mississippi, for the purpose of reducing

fish predation at a commercial fish

farming operation.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–10737 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–957–00–1402–BJ: GPO–0186]

Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.