[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10592]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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    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.).

PRT-826077

    Applicant: Wayne P. Steffans, Superior, Wisconsin.
    The applicant requests an amendment to his permit for Hine's 
emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) to add the following to the 
scope of permitted activities: (1) add the following states: Alabama, 
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, 
Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin and (2) add the 
following take activities: salvage dead specimens, and survey for 
larvae and exuviae, and voucher larvae. Take activities are currently 
authorized throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and include 
capture and release and take of voucher specimens of adults. The 
amendment is requested for the purpose of presence/absence surveys of 
the species and habitat monitoring for the purpose of survival and 
enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT-840112

    Applicant: The Nature Conservancy, Michigan Chapter, East Lansing, 
Michigan; Thomas M. Woiwode, Vice President.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass through surveying 
and monitoring) Mitchell satyr's butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii 
mitchellii) in Cass, Jackson, and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan. 
Activities are proposed to document presence or absence of the species, 
monitor the species, survey the habitat for other species, and map the 
habitat for the purpose of survival and enhancement of the species in 
the wild.

PRT-840524

    Applicant: Lynn Robbins, Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri 
State University, Springfield, Missouri.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, tag, and 
release) gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bats (M. sodalis) in 
Kansas and Missouri. Activities are proposed for the purpose of 
scientific research aimed at enhancement and survival of the species in 
the wild.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services 
Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056, and 
must be received within 30 days of the date of this publication.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review 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, 
Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/713-5332); FAX: (612/713-5292).

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-10592 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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