40120 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 126 / Thursday, June 29, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of

Applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to section

10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.).

Permit No. TE–827367

Applicant: Bureau of Land

Management, Lake Havasu City,

Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct activities

for the southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus), Yuma

clapper rail (Rallus longirostris

yumanensis), and Mohave Desert

tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in Arizona.

Permit No. TE–839505

Applicant: Aaron D. Flesch, Tucson,

Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the southwestern

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii

extimus) in Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE–26700

Applicant: John A. Kugler, Sonoita,

Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the Gila topminnow

(Poeciliopsis occidentalis), and desert

pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) in

Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, Pima,

Maricopa, and Yuma Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. TE–28362

Applicant: Bureau of Land

Management, Arizona Strip Field Office,

St. George, Utah.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the Mexican spotted

owl (Strix occidentalis lucida),

southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus), woundfin

(Plagopterus argentissimus), Virgin

River chub (Gila seminuda) and the

California condor (Gymnogyps

Californianus) in Mohave and Coconino

counties, north of the Colorado River,

and the Virgin River in Arizona.

Permit No. TE–28652

Applicant: Jean Krejca, Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization for

scientific research and recovery

purposes to collect the following

endangered or threatened species in

Texas:

Peck’s Cave amphipod (Stygobromus

pecki)

Coffin Cave Mold beetle (Batrisodes

texanus)

Kretschmarr Cave Mold beetle

(Texamaurops reddelli)

Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine

persephone)

Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion

(Tartarocreagris texana)

Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella

reddelli)

Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)

Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta

myopica)

Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge

rathbuni)

Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris

nivalis)

Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea

sosorum)

The following species will not be

collected but potentially impacted.

San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)

fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)

Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)

Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia

heterochir)

Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)

San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia

georgei)

Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

elegans)

Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

bovinus)

Comal Springs dryopid beetle

(Stygoparnus comalensis)

Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis

comalensis)

Texas wild rice (Zizania texana)

Permit No. TE–28649

Applicant: Chris Thibodaux, Austin,

Texas.

Applicant requests authorization for

scientific research and recovery

purposes to collect the following

endangered or threatened species in

Texas:

Peck’s Cave amphipod (Stygobromus

pecki)

Coffin Cave Mold beetle (Batrisodes

texanus)

Kretschmarr Cave Mold beetle

(Texamaurops reddelli)

Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine

persephone)

Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion

(Tartarocreagris texana)

Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella

reddelli)

Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)

Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta

myopica)

Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge

rathbuni)

Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris

nivalis)

Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea

sosorum)

The following species will not be

collected but potentially impacted.

San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)

fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)

Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)

Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia

heterochir)

Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)

San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia

georgei)

Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

elegans)

Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

bovinus)

Comal Springs dryopid beetle

(Stygoparnus comalensis)

Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis

comalensis)

Texas wild rice (Zizania texana)

Permit No. TE–28986

Applicant: Arizona Department of

Transportation—Environmental

Planning Group, Phoenix, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the following

endangered and threatened species in

various counties in Arizona:

southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus)

cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl

(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum)

Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)

Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis

occidentalis occidentalis)

Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus

lucius)

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)

spikedace (Meda fulgida)

loach minnow (Rhinichthys (=Tiaroga)

cobitis)

Little Colorado spinedace (Lepidomeda

vittata)

Arizona agave (Agave arizonica)

Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra)

Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus

triglochidiatus arizonicus)

Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha

scheeri robustispina)

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before July 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Legal

Instruments Examiner, Division of

Endangered Species/Permits, Ecological

Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when submitting comments.

All comments received, including

names and addresses, will become part

of the official administrative record and

may be made available to the public.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ecological Services, Division of

Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Please refer to the respective permit

number for each application when

requesting copies of documents.

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 within 30

days of the date of publication of this

notice, to the address above.

Steven M. Chambers,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–16438 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10 of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

Applicant: Detroit Zoological

Institute, Royal Oak, MI, PRT–028855.

The applicant requests a permit to

import one captive-born male mandrill

(Mandrillus sphinx) from the Toronto

Zoo, Canada, for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the

species through propagation.

Applicant: Alfred Rordame, Salt Lake

City, UT PRT–028978.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Joe B. Finley, Belton, SC,

PRT–028593

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Haines T. Lowell,

Columbia Falls, MT, PRT–029139.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Stephen Fullmer, Salt Lake

City, UT PRT–029359.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Zoological Society of San

Diego, Escondido, CA, PRT–027118.

The applicant requests a permit to

import three male and three female

Chinese Dhole (Cuon alpinus lepturus)

as the beginning of a captive

propagation program for the species.

Applicant: Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa, OK

PRT–027871

The applicant requests a permit to

import two female Jaguars (Panthera

onca) for the purpose of enhancement of

the survival of the species through

propagation.

Marine Mammal

Applicant: Ross Zimmerman,

Winnermucca, NV, PRT–028902.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population, Northwest

Territories, Canada for personal use.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

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, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Kristen Nelson,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Tribal Consultation on Indian

Education Topics

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA) is announcing that it will conduct

tribal consultation meetings to obtain

oral and written comments concerning

potential issues in Indian Education

Programs. This notice announces the

dates and locations of the consultation

meetings.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before August 18, 2000.

The consultation meetings will be held

on July 11, 13, 18, 20, and 21, 2000.

Several dates and locations were

scheduled to coincide with meetings of

various Indian education organizations.

All meetings will begin at 9 a.m. and

continue until 3 p.m. (local time) or

until all meeting participants have had

an opportunity to make comments.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of

Indian Education Programs, Attention:

Mr. William Mehojah, Jr., MS–3512–

MIB, OIE–32, 1849 C Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20240, or you may

hand-deliver them to Room 3512 at the

same address. Comments may also be

telefaxed to 202–208–3312. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

locations of the consultation meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Kenneth Whitehorn or Georgia Braun,

202–208–4976.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meetings are a follow-up to similar

meetings conducted by the Office of

Indian Education Programs since 1990.

The purpose of the consultation, as

required by 25 U.S.C. 2010(b), is to

provide Indian tribes, school boards,

parents, Indian organizations, and other

interested parties an opportunity to

comment on potential issues raised

during previous consultation meetings

or issues being considered by the BIA

regarding Indian education programs.

The potential issues which will be set

forth in a tribal consultation booklet to

be issued prior to the meetings are as

follows:

(1) Charter Schools;

(2) Program Management Funding for

Facilities;

(3) Transfer Facilities Construction

Project Management Funds from the

Office of Facilities Management and

Construction to the Office of Indian

Education Programs;