25866 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 90 / Monday, May 11, 1998 / Notices

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.

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–842309

Applicant: Mark F. O’Brien, University of

Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and release, collect

voucher specimens, collect larval

exuviae, and salvage dead specimens)

Hine’s (=Ohio) emerald dragonfly

(Somatochlora hineana) in the state of

Michigan. Activities are proposed to

document presence or absence of the

species for the purpose of survival and

enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT–842310

Applicant: QST Environmental, St. Louis,

Missouri.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture, handle, and release)

Curtis’ pearlymussel [Epioblasma

(=Dysnomia) florentina curtisi], fat

pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera)

capax], Higgins’ eye pearlymussel

(Lampsilis higginsi), and pink mucket

pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta

(=orbiculata)] in the states of Illinois

and Missouri. Activities are proposed to

document presence or absence of the

species for the purpose of survival and

enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT–842312

Applicant: Mark D. McGimsey, Columbia,

Missouri.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and release) gray bat

(Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat

(Myotis sodalis) throughout the ranges

of the species. Activities are proposed to

document presence or absence of the

species for the purpose of survival and

enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT–842313

Applicant: Illinois Department of Natural

Resources, Illinois State Museum Research

and Collections Center, Springfield,

Illinois.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and release, collect) Hine’s

(=Ohio) emerald dragonfly

(Somatochlora hineana) in the states of

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,

Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia,

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,

North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South

Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia,

West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Activities

are proposed to document presence or

absence of the species and for the

purpose of scientific research aimed at

enhancement and survival of the species

in the wild.

PRT–842314

Applicant: Mark A. Sellers, Kentwood,

Michigan.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass through survey; capture,

and release) copperbelly water snake

(Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) in the

state of Michigan. Activities are

proposed to document presence or

absence of the species for the purpose

of survival and enhancement of the

species in the wild.

PRT–842392

Applicant: Richard ffrench-Constant,

University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Department of Entomology, Madison,

Wisconsin.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (collect) Karner blue butterfly

(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in the

states of Indiana and New York.

Activities are proposed for the purpose

of scientific research aimed at

enhancement and survival of the species

in the wild.

PRT–842503

Applicant: Robert Mies and Kimberly

Williams, Organization for Bat

Conservation, Williamston, Michigan.

The applicants request a permit to

take (capture and release) Indiana bats

(Myotis sodalis) in the state of Michigan.

Activities are proposed to document

presence or absence of the species for

the purpose of survival and

enhancement 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: May 4, 1998.

Matthias A. Kerschbaum,

Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN,

MO (Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered Species Permit

Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit

applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.).

Permit No. 835549

Applicant: Charles Black, San Diego,

California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, capture and

release) the San Diego fairy shrimp

(Brachinecta sandiegonensis) and the

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus

woottoni), and remove and reduce to

possession the San Diego mesa mint

(Pogogyne abramsii) and the San Diego

button celery (Eryngium aristulatum

ssp. pavishii) for the purpose of

enhancing their survival, in conjunction

with research in vernal pools

throughout the state of California.

Permit No. 830995

Applicant: Lisa B. Chaddock, San

Diego, California.

The applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (harass by survey)

the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and ecological research

throughout the species’ range, for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 838741

Applicant: Larry Munsey, Tustin,

California.

The applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (harass by survey)

the Delhi sands flower-loving fly

(Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)

in conjunction with presence or absence

surveys in San Bernardino and