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of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Copies of specific information collection

requirements, related forms and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Service Information

Collection Clearance officer at the

address and/or phone numbers listed

below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions

on specific requirements should be sent

to the Service Information Collection

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, MS 222 ARLSQ, 1849

C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen R. Vehrs, Refuge Program

Specialist, Division of Refuges, 703/

358–2397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Service proposes to submit the

following information collection

clearance requirements to OMB for

review and approval under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13. Comments are invited on: (1)

Whether the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden, including

the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

The issuance of a Permit by the Fish

and Wildlife Service for access to units

of the National Wildlife Refuge System

Administration Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd–

668ee et seq.) as amended; the Refuge

Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460K–3); the

National Wildlife Refuge System

Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–

57); and as implemented by regulations

in 50 CFR 25–38.

The information requested prior to

issuing the Permit is required to obtain

a benefit, and will assist the Service in

administering System programs in

accordance with the above statutory

authorities. The Improvement Act

requires that a wildlife dependent

recreational use or any other uses of a

refuge that, in the sound professional

judgment of the Director, will not

materially interfere with or detract from

the fulfillment of the mission of the

System or the purposes for which the

refuge was established. The information

is needed by the Service to make this

determination before a permit can be

issued.

The permit is required for any person

entering a national wildlife refuge,

unless otherwise provided under the

provisions of 50 CFR, subchapter C. The

permittee must abide by all the terms

and conditions set forth in the permit.

Information collected in submitting

an application for a permit, prior to

issuing a permit, may be used to

evaluate and conclude the eligibility of,

or merely document, permit applicants.

The Service will require the use of

permits as a condition in new and

revised regulations pursuant to the

Refuge Improvement Act.

The Service will provide Special Use

Permit forms as requested by interested

citizens. The required written forms

and/or verbal application information

will be sued by the Service to ensure

that the applicant is eligible to receive

a Permit.

Title: United States Department of the

Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service,

Special Use Permit.

Bureau form number: 3–1383.

Frequency of collection: On occasion.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; State, local,

or Tribal governments; businesses or

other for profit and not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of respondents: 10,000.

Estimated completion time: The

reporting burden for FWS Form 3–1383

(Special Use Permit) is estimated to be

30 minutes.

Burden estimate: 5,000 hours.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Carolyn A. Bohan,

Acting Assistant Director for Refuges and

Wildlife.

[FR Doc. 98–1862 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

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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 application.

The following applicant has applied

for a permit 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–697830

Applicant: Assistant Regional

Director, Ecological Services, Region 3,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota.

The applicant requests to renew and

amend his current permit to take the

following species for scientific purposes

and the enhancement of propagation or

survival of the species in the wild in

accordance with listing, recovery

outlines, recovery plans, and/or other

Service work for those species:

Mammals

bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)

bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)

bat, Ozark big-eared (Plecotus

townsendii ingens)

wolf (Canis lupus)

Birds

eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

falcon, peregrine (Falco peregrinus)

plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)

tern, least tern (Sterna antillarum)

warbler, Kirtland’s (wood) (Dendroica

kirtlandii)

Reptiles

snake, copperbelly water (northern

population) (Nerodia erythrogaster

neglecta)

Fish

cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)

darter, Niangua (Etheostoma nianguae)

madtom, Scioto (Noturus trautmani)

madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)

sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)

Clams

clubshell (Pleurobema clava)

fanshell [Cyprogenia stegaria

(=irrorata)]

mussel, ring pink (=golf stick pearly)

(Obovaria retusa)

mussel, winged mapleleaf (Quadrula

fragosa)

pearlymussel, cracking [Hemistena

(=Lastena) lata]

pearlymussel, Curtis’ [Epioblasma

(=Dysnomia) florentina curtisi]

pearlymussel, Higgins’ eye (Lampsilis

higginsi)

pearlymussel, orange-foot pimple back

(Plethobasus cooperianus)

pearlymussel, pink mucket [Lampsilis

(=abrupta) orbiculata]

pearlymussel, purple cat’s paw pearly

mussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia)

obliquata obliquata (=sulcata

sulcata)]

pearlymussel, tubercled-blossom

[Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa

torulosa]

pearlymussel, turgid-blossom

[Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) turgidula]

pearlymussel, white cat’s paw

[Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata

perobliqua]

pearlymussel, white wartyback

(Plethobasus cicatricosus)
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pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)

pocketbook, fat [Potamilus (=Proptera)

capax]

riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma

torulosa rangiana)

Snails

snail, Iowa Pleistocene (Discus

macclintocki)

Insects

beetle, American burying (=giant

carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus)

beetle, Hungerford’s crawling water

(Brychius hungerfordi)

butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides

melissa samuelis)

butterfly, Mitchell’s satyr (Neonympha

mitchellii mitchellii)

dragonfly, Hine’s (=Ohio) emerald

(Somatochlora hineana)

Plants

Aconitum noveboracense (northern wild

monkshood)

Apios priceana (Price’s potato-bean)

Asclepias meadii (Mead’s milkweed)

Asplenium (=Phyllitis) scolopendrium

(=japonica) var. americanum

(American hart’s-tongue fern)

Boltonia decurrens (decurrent false

aster)

Cirsium pitcheri (Pitcher’s thistle)

Dalea foliosa (=Petalostemum f.) (leafy

prairie-clover)

Erythronium propullans (Minnesota

dwarf trout lily)

Geocarpon minimum (no common

name)

Hymenoxys herbacea (=acaulis var.

glabra) (lakeside daisy)

Iris lacustris (dwarf lake iris)

Isotria medeoloides (small whorled

pogonia)

Lespedeza leptostachya (prairie bushclover)

Lesquerella filiformis (Missouri bladderpod)

Lindera melissifolia (pondberry)

Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis

(Michigan monkey-flower)

Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea

(Fassett’s locoweed)

Platanthera leucophaea (eastern prairie

fringed orchid)

Platanthera praeclara (western prairie

fringed orchid)

Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi (Leedy’s

roseroot)

Solidago houghtonii (Houghton’s

goldenrod)

Spiraea virginiana (Virginia spiraea)

Trifolium stoloniferum (running buffalo

clover)

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:

(612/725–3536 x224); FAX: (612/725–

3526).

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Matthias A. Kerschbaum,

Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN,

MO (Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 98–1859 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

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 USC 1531

et seq.).

Permit No. 837580

Applicant: Robert Weppler, Riverside,

California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the Delhi Sands

flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas

terminatus abdominalis) in southern

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 799486

Applicant: Jan Randall, San

Francisco, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

of her permit to take (capture and

remove eight individuals from the wild)

the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys

ingens) in conjunction with scientific

research in Merced, Fresno, Monterey,

San Luis Obispo, Kings, Kern, and Santa

Barbara Counties, California, for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No.’s: 838028, 785138, 832945,

810768, 837301, 781217, 797999

Applicants: Michael G. Van Hattem,

San Juan Capistrano, California; David

Levine, Laguna Beach, California; Lisa

M. Kegarice, San Bernardino, California;

Harmsworth Associates, Dove Canyon,

California; Jeffrey L. Lincer, Poway,

California; Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine,

California; Merkel and Associates, San

Diego, California.

These applicants request a permit or

a permit amendment to take (harass by

survey) the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys throughout the species range in

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 781384

Applicant: Thomas A. Leslie,

Wildomar, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit 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 in

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 814215

Applicant: Claude Edwards, San

Diego, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey)

the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and observational studies

throughout the species range in

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 821229

Applicant: David G. Crawford, Agoura

Hills, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey)

the Delhi-Sands flower loving fly

(Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)

in Riverside and San Bernardino

Counties, California, and take (harass by

survey) the tidewater goby (Eucyclobius

newberryi) throughout its range in

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys, for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 838015

Applicant: Stephan Henry Sprague,

Anaheim, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the Delhi-Sands

flower loving fly (Rhaphiomidas

terminatus abdominalis), Quino

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas

editha quino), and the coastal California

gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica

californica) in conjunction with

presence or absence surveys throughout