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###### Department of the Interior

###### Fish and Wildlife Service

# 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. TE-040748

*Applicant:*                         Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Cheyenne, Wyoming.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take black-footed ferrets (                        *Mustela nigripes*), and Wyoming toads (                        *Bufo hemiophrys baxteri*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' ranges for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         Aaron R. Ellingson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take Uncompahgre fritillary butterflies (                        *Boloria acrocnema*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         William Wyatt Hoback, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Nebraska.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take American burying beetles (                        *Nicrophorus americanus*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         Kevin R. Bestgen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take Colorado pikeminnows (                        *Ptychocheilus lucius*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take Southwestern willow flycatchers (                        *Empidonax traillii extimus*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         Clay Richard Davis, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take black-footed ferrets (                        *Mustela nigripes*), and gray bats (                        *Myotis grisescens*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         Hank Guarisco, Guariscocorp Inc., Lawrence, Kansas.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take American burying beetles (                        *Nicrophorus americanus*) in                               ( print page 32637)                            conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.                    

*Applicant:*                         Ronald J. Kass, Intermountain Ecosystems, Springville, Utah.                    

                        The applicant requests a permit to take Southwestern willow flycatchers (                        *Empidonax traillii extimus*) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.                    

# DATES:

Written comments on these requests for permits must be received on or before July 16, 2001.

# ADDRESSES:

Written data or comments should be submitted to the Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-0027.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 20 days of the date of publication of this notice to the address above; telephone 303-236-7400.

Dated: June 6, 2001.

Ralph O. Morgenweck,

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 01-15113 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]

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