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Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Written data or comments, requests

for copies of the complete applications,

or requests for a public hearing on any

of these applications for marine

mammal permits should be sent to the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax

Drive, Room 430, Arlington, Virginia

22203, telephone 703/358–2104 or fax

703/358–2281 and must be received

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice. Anyone requesting a

hearing should give specific reasons

why a hearing would be appropriate.

The holding of such hearing is at the

discretion of the Director.

Documents and other information

submitted with all of the applications

listed in this notice 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 at the

above address.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Mary Ellen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–24013 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: The following individuals

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. PRT–830271

Applicant: Patrick Mullen Burchfield,

Brownsville, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

receive, rehabilitate, and release

endangered and threatened sea turtles

that are found sick, injured, or cold

shocked on Texas beaches including

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),

green (Chelonia mydas incl. Agassizi),

hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata),

loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback

(Dermochelys coriacea), and olive ridley

(Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles.

Permit No. PRT–810341

Applicant: Dr. David W. Owens, College

Station, Texas

The applicant requests authorization

to take/receive salvaged specimens of

endangered/threatened sea turtles that

may occur along the Texas coast for

scientific research and recovery

purposes, rehabilitation and release

back into the wild, and to permanently

hold nonreleasable specimens for future

scientific research aimed at

enhancement of propagation or survival

of the species. Species include Kemp’s

Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Green

(Chelonia mydas), and Hawksbill

(Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles.

Permit No. PRT–831384

Applicant: Deborah L. Risberg, Albuquerque,

New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct surveys for southwestern

willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus), and Mexican spotted owls

(Strix occidentalis lucida) on

reservation areas and statewide within

New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. PRT–830213

Applicant: Dr. George A. Ruffner, Mesa,

Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct presence/absence surveys for,

mist net, and band Southwestern willow

flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus)

within the State of Arizona.

Permit No. PRT–4 832201 0

Applicant: Dr. Richard N. Conner,

Nacogdoches, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

monitor nest success, cavity

competitors, and other biotic features

within red-cockaded woodpecker

(Picoides borealis) habitat during and

outside the red-cockaded woodpecker

breeding season.

Permit No. PRT–4 831957 0

Applicant: Bryan R. Adams, Lake Jackson,

Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

display 5 Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys

kempii) sea turtles for educational

purposes.

Permit No. PRT–4 832018

Applicant: Leonard Robbins, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Gallup, New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

southwestern willow flycatchers

(Empidonax traillii extimus), Mexican

spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida),

peregrine falcons (Falco pereginus), bald

eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus),

black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes),

Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola), and

the Mesa Verde cacti (Sclerocactus

mesae-verdae) within the Navajo Indian

Reservation and Indian allotted lands in

Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Permit No. PRT–829995

Applicant: Richard W. Buickerood, Dallas,

Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

display 45 Texas blind salamanders

(Typhlomolge rathbuni), and 57 Barton

Springs salamanders (Eurycea sosorum)

for educational display purposes at the

Dallas Zoo and Dallas Aquarium.

Permit No. PRT–821369

Applicant: Rhonda M. Sidner, Tucson,

Arizona

Applicant requests authorization for

scientific research and recovery

purposes to conduct population

surveys, capture (using mist netting

techniques), handle, photograph, and

release unharmed at the capture site

Mexican long-nosed bats (Leptoncycteris

nivalis) in Hidalgo County, New

Mexico.

Permit No. PRT–832385

Applicant: D. Craig Rudolph, Nacogdoches,

Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

American burying beetles (Nicrophorus

americanus) in eastern Texas.

Permit No. PRT–833003

Applicant: Eric C. Milstead, Portales, New

Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to

collect 3000 seeds from gypsum wild

buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum)

from each of the 3 populations of this

species near Carlsbad, New Mexico. A

specimen will also be collected for

storage in the herbarium as a tool for

future reference. Specimens will be

pressed and added to the herbarium

collections at Eastern New Mexico

University and either New Mexico State

University or the University of New

Mexico.

Permit No. PRT–825473

Applicant: Edward M. Sutherland, Austin,

Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

the following federally-protected

species:

American peregrine falcon (Falco pereginus

ovatum)

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica

chrysoparia)

whooping crane (Grus americana)

Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri

paucimaculata)

black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)

brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentals)

cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium

brasilianum cactorum)

interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
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piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax

traillii extimus)

Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)

Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)

Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

elegans)

Permittee also requests authorization

to collect the minimal amounts

necessary for identification of the

following plants from existing or new

highway rights-of-way:

Navasota ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)

Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha minima)

slender rush pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)

Sneed’s pincushion cactus (Coryphantha

sneedii var. Sneedii)

star cactus (Astrophylum asterias)

Terlingua Creek cat’s-eye (Cryptantha

crassipes)

Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)

Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)

Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula)

Texas prairie dawn (Hymenoxys texana)

Texas snowbells (Styrax texana)

Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis var.

texensis)

Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus

tobuschii)

Walker’s manioc (Manihot walkerae)

white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida)

ashy dogweed (Thymophylla tephroleuca)

black lace cactus (Echinocereus

reichenbachii var. albertii)

bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha

ramillosa)

Davis’ green pitaya (Echinocereus viridiflorus

var. Davisii)

Hinckley’s oak (Quercus hinckleyi)

Johnston’s frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)

large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia

macrocarpa)

Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton

clystocarpus)

Lloyd’s mariposa cactus (Neolloydia

mariposensis)

Permit No. PRT–820283

Applicant: Dr. David M. Leslie, Stillwater,

Oklahoma

Applicant requests authorization to

collect by seine and freeze 30 specimens

of Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)

at each of 10 sites in the Diamond Y

Draw Preserve of the Texas Nature

Conservancy, Pecos County, Texas.

Permit No. PRT–833851

Applicant: Robert Hansen, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization for

scientific monitoring, enhancement of

propagation or survival, and incidental

taking of the Barton Springs salamander

(Eurycea sosorum).

Permit No. PRT–833866

Applicant: Donna Work, Lufkin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides

borealis); monitor populations, cavity

trees, and stand conditions; midstory

and understory removal/control; install

artificial cavity inserts, restrictor plates,

hardware cloth, and snake exclusion

devices; banding and sexing of

juveniles; and capturing, handling and

possible banding of adults.

Permit No. PRT–833867

Applicant: Juan Valera-Lema, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization hold

4 Barton Springs salamanders (Eurycea

sosorum) and to collect and/or receive

25 additional species for educational

display purposes at the Austin Nature

and Science Center.

Permit No. PRT—833868

Applicant: E. Linwood Smith, Tucson,

Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl

(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on

the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range

in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT—822998

Applicant: John M. McGee, Tucson, Arizona

Applicant request authorization for

scientific research and recovery

purposes to survey for the Sonora tiger

salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum

stebbinsi), Huachuca water umbel

(Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp recurva),

Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha

scheeri robustispina), New Mexican

ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus

willardi obscurus), Gila topminnow

(Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentals),

Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia), American

peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus

anatum), and Canelo Hills ladies’

tresses (Spiranthes delitescens).

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be by October

14, 1997.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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.

Jerome M. Butler,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 97–24115 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of an Application for

an Incidental Take Permit by

Langboard, Inc. for Construction of a

Fiberboard Manufacturing Facility Near

Willacoochee, Atkinson County, GA

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Langboard, Inc. (Applicant)

seeks an incidental take permit (ITP)

from the Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B)

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended

(Act). The Applicant proposes to

construct a fiberboard manufacturing

facility and associated infrastructure on

sandhill habitat near Willacoochee,

Atkinson County, Georgia. The

threatened Eastern indigo snake

(Drymarchon corais couperi) is known

to occur on the property. The ITP would

authorize incidental take of snakes

throughout the life of the facility. To

minimize impacts associated with the

proposed project, Langboard proposes to

implement conservation measures to

restore degraded snake habitat on 59

acres adjacent to the proposed facility.

The Service also announces the

availability of the HCP for the incidental

take application. Copies of the HCP may

be obtained by making a request to the

Regional Office (see ADDRESSES).

Requests must be in writing to be

processed. This notice also advises the

public that the Service has made a

preliminary determination that issuing

the ITP is available through the

Categorical Exemption process outlined

in the Service’s Departmental Manual

governing implementation of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA). This notice is provided

pursuant to Section 10 of the Act and

NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). The

Service specifically requests comment

on the appropriateness of the ‘‘No

Surprises’’ assurances should the

Service determine that an ITP will be