34660 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 122 /Thursday, June 25, 1998 / Notices

Applicant: George Hogan, Jr.,

Okeechobee, FL, PRT–844074

The applicant requests a permit to

authorize interstate and foreign

commerce, export, and cull of excess

male barasingha (Cervus duvauceli) and

Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) from his

captive herd for the purpose of

enhancement of survival of the species.

This notice shall cover a period of three

years. Permittee must apply for renewal

annually.

Applicant: End of the Road Bird

Ranch, Millington, MI, PRT–844072

The applicant requests a permit to

authorize the import of one male Elliot’s

pheasant (syrmaticus ellioti) and two

female brown eared pheasants

(Crossoptilon mantchuricum) from Old

House Bird Gardens, Reading, England,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species through

propagation.

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 by July 27, 1998: 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 19, 1998.

MaryEllen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 98–16871 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of an

Environmental Assessment/Habitat

Conservation Plan (EA/HCP) and

Receipt of Application for Incidental

Take Permit for Construction of One

Single Family Residence on 0.75 Acre

of the 18.79 acres on Spicewood

Springs Road in Travis County, TX

SUMMARY: Daniel O. Shelley (Applicant)

has applied to the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) for an incidental take

permit pursuant to Section 10(a) of the

Endangered Species Act (Act). The

Applicant has been assigned permit

numbers PRT–840322. The requested

permit, which is for a period of 5 years,

would authorize the incidental take of

the endangered golden-cheeked warbler

(Dendroica chrysoparia). The proposed

take would occur as a result of the

construction of one single family

residence on Spicewood Springs Road,

Austin, Travis County, Texas.

The Service has prepared the

Environmental Assessment/Habitat

Conservation Plan (EA/HCP) for the

incidental take application. A

determination of jeopardy to the species

or a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) will not be made until at least

30 days from the date of publication of

this notice. This notice is provided

pursuant to Section 10c of the Act and

National Environmental Policy Act

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the

application should be received on or

before July 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application may obtain a copy by

writing to the Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Persons wishing to review the EA/HCP

may obtain a copy by contacting

Christina Longacre, Ecological Services

Field Office, 10711 Burnet Road, Suite

200, Austin, Texas 78758 (512/490–

0063). Documents will be available for

public inspection by written request, by

appointment only, during normal

business hours (8:00 to 4:30), U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Austin, Texas.

Written data or comments concerning

the application(s) and EA/HCPs should

be submitted to the Field Supervisor,

Ecological Field Office, Austin, Texas at

the above address. Please refer to permit

number PRT–840322 when submitting

comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christina Longacre at the above Austin

Ecological Service Field Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of

endangered species such as the goldencheeked warbler. However, the Service,

under limited circumstances, may issue

permits to take endangered wildlife

species incidental to, and not the

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities.

Regulations governing permits for

endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

Applicant: Daniel O. Shelley plans to

construct a single family residence on

Spicewood Springs Road Austin, Travis

County, Texas. This action will

eliminate less than one acre of land and

will indirectly impact less than eight

additional acres of golden-cheeked

warbler habitat. The applicant proposes

to compensate for this incidental take of

golden-cheeked warbler habitat by

placing $1,500 into the Balcones

Canyonlands Preserve to acquire/

manage lands for the conservation of the

golden-cheeked warbler.

Alternatives to this action were

rejected because selling or not

developing the subject property with

federally listed species present was not

economically feasible.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Renne Lohoefener,

Acting Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife

Service.

[FR Doc. 98–16852 Filed 6–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permits for Marine

Mammals

On March 4, 1998, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

63, No. 43, Page 10931, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by John

Kloosterman, Tucson, AZ, for a permit

(PRT–839518) to import a sport-hunted

polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy,

taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the

Baffin Bay population, Northwest

Territories, Canada, for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on June 4,

1998, as authorized by the provisions of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service

authorized the requested permit subject

to certain conditions set forth therein.

On March 19, 1998, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Fred D. Rich,

Portland, TX, for a permit (PRT–840250)

to import a sport-hunted polar bear

(Ursus maritimus) trophy taken from the

Southern Beaufort Sea population,

Northwest Territories, Canada, for

personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on June 4,

1998, as authorized by the provisions of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service

authorized the requested permit subject

to certain conditions set forth therein.

On March 19, 1998, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Robert L.

Zachrich, Holgate, OH, for a permit