Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 165 / Friday, August 26, 2005 / Notices 50395

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation.

Dated: May 13, 2005. 

Charles M. Wooley, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 05–16992 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The public is invited to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. We provide this 

notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on these applications at the 

address given below, by September 26, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: 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 within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis, 

Permit Biologist).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Davis, telephone (404) 679–

4176; facsimile (404) 679–7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following applications for permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species. If 

you wish to comment, you may submit 

comments by any one of the following 

methods. You may mail comments to 

the Services Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES section) or via electronic 

mail (e-mail) to 

‘‘victoria_davis@fws.gov.’’ Please submit 

electronic comments as an ASCII file 

avoiding the use of special characters 

and any form of encryption. Please also 

include your name and return address 

in your e-mail message. If you do not 

receive a confirmation from the Service 

that we have received your e-mail 

message, contact us directly at the 

telephone number listed above (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). 

Finally, you may hand deliver 

comments to the Service office listed 

above (see ADDRESSES section). 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home address from 

the administrative record. We will 

honor such requests to the extent 

allowable by law. There may also be 

other circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the administrative record 

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety.

Applicant: Stephanie Ann Clark, 

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 

Alabama, TE108506–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, photograph, 

collect tissue samples, salvage dead 

specimen, release) the following 

species: slender campeloma 

(Campeloma decampi), cylindrical 

lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), 

Tulotoma snail (Tulotoma magnifica), 

Anthony’s riversnail (Athearnia 

anthonyi), Lacy Elimia (snail) (Elimia 

crenatella), painted rocksnail (Leptoxis 

taeniata), plicate rocksnail (Leptoxis 

plicata), round rocksnail (Leptoxis 

ampla), Tumbling Creek cavesnail 

(Antrobia culveri), flat pebblesnail 

(Lepyrium showalteri), royal marstonia 

(snail) (Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe), 

armored snail (Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) 

pachyta), painted snake coiled forest 

snail (Anguispira picta), noonday snail 

(Mesodon clarki nantahala), Magazine 

mountain shagreen (Mesodon 

magazinensis), Stock Island tree snail 

(Orthalicus reses), Cumberland elktoe 

(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), 

Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta 

raveneliana), fat three-ridge (mussel) 

(Amblema neislerii), Ouachita rock 

pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri), 

birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla 

caelata), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), 

dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus 

dromas), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), 

finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), 

Chipola slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), 

purple bankclimber (mussel) 

(Elliptoideus sloatianus), 

Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma 

brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma 

capsaeformis), Yellow blossom 

(pearlymussel) (Epioblasma florentina 

florentina), Curtis pearlymussel 

(Epioblasma florentina curtisii), tan 

riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina 

walkeri), upland combshell (Epioblasma 

metastriata), Catspaw (=purple cat’s 

paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma 

obliquata obliquata), southern 

acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), 

southern combshell (Epioblasma 

(=Dysnomia) penita), green blossom 

(pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa 

gubernaculum), Tuberoled blossom 

(pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa 

torulosa), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) 

(Epioblasma turgidula), cracking 

pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), pink 

mucket (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis 

abrupta), fine-lined pocketbook 

(Lampsilis altilis), Higgins eye 

(Lampsilis higginsii), orange-nacre 

mucket (Lampsilis perovalis), Arkansas 

fatmucket (Lampsilis powelli), speckled 

pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri), 

shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis 

subangulata), Alabama lampmussel 

(Lampsilis virescens), Carolina 

heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), 

scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), 

Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus 

acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell 

(Medionidus parvulus), Gulf 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

penicillatus), Ochlockonee 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

simpsonianus), ring pink (mussel) 

(Obovaria retusa), little-wing 

pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white 

wartyback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus 

cicatricosus), orangefoot pimpleback 

(pearlymussel) (Plethobasus 

cooperianus), clubshell (Pleurobema 

clava), black clubshell (Pleurobema 

curtum), southern clubshell 

(Pleurobema decisum), dark pigtoe 

(Pleurobema furvum), southern pigtoe 

(Pleurobema georgianum), Cumberland 

pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), flat 

pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli), ovate 

clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), 

rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), oval 

pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), heavy 

pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum), fat 

pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Alabama 

(=inflated) heelspitter (Potamilus 

inflatus), triangular kidneyshell 

(Ptychobranchus greenii), rough 

rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrical 

strigillata), winged mapleleaf (mussel) 

(Quadrula fragosa), Cumberland 

monkeyface (pearlymussel) (Quadrula 

intermedia), Appalachian monkeyface 

(pearlymussel) (Quadrula sparsa), 

stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes), pale 

lilliput (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma 

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cylindrellus), purple bean (Villosa 

perpurpurea), and Cumberland bean 

(pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis). Take 

would occur while conducting 

presence/absence surveys and research 

studies. The proposed activities would 

occur in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, 

Florida, and Missouri.

Applicant: Thane R. Wibbels, 

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 

Birmingham, Alabama, TE108537–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (collect and receive blood and 

tissue samples, place data loggers in 

nest, capture, identify, release) the 

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), 

loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green 

(Chelonia mydas), hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback 

(Dermochelys coriacea), and olive ridley 

(Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles while 

conducting sex ratio and genetic 

analysis. The proposed activities would 

occur in Alabama and the Virgin 

Islands.

Applicant: Jess W. Jones, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Department of 

Fisheries and Wildlife Services, 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State 

University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 

TE108813–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to harass (collect, temporarily hold, 

translocate, release) oyster mussels 

(Epioblasma capsaeformis) while 

conducting restoration activities. The 

proposed activities would occur from 

the Tennessee section of the Clinch 

River upstream into the Virginia section 

of the river.

Applicant: Warren G. Montague, 

Ouachita National Forest, Waldon, 

Arkansas, TE108839–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (collect non-viable eggs of) redcockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 

borealis) while studying developmental 

analysis to determine fertility, while 

conducting genetic studies, and while 

conducting other applicable studies. 

The proposed activities would occur 

throughout the species’ southern range.

Applicant: Ronald W. Rohrbaugh, Jr., 

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, 

New York, TE108852–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, translocate, 

release, harass, inspect cavities of) 

Ivory-billed woodpeckers (Campephilus 

principalis) while conducting presence/

absence studies and translocation 

activities and working to clearly 

document their existence and assess 

their ecology and behavior specific to 

the Mississippi delta region of eastern 

Arkansas. Presence/absence surveys 

would take place in North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, 

Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.

Applicant: Richard Frederick Lance, 

U.S. Army Research & Development 

Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 

TE108962–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to harass (capture, collect tissue 

samples, release) a maximum of 1,000 

gray bats (Myotis grisescens) while 

conducting non-lethal tissue sampling, 

primarily wing punches, and some 

experimental sampling of genetic source 

material through the collection of scat 

and buccal (mouth) swabs while 

conducting genetic studies. The 

proposed activities would take place at 

the following locations: Jesse James 

Cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky; 

Fern Cave, Jackson County, Alabama; 

Cave Mountain Cave, Newton County, 

Arkansas; Pearson Cave, Hawkins 

County, Tennessee; Tobbaccoport 

Saltpeter Cave, Steward County, 

Tennessee; Hubbards Cave, Warren 

County, Tennessee; Coffin Cave, Laclede 

County, Missouri; and Chimney Cave, 

Shannon County, Missouri. The 

proposed activities for smaller maternity 

and hibernating colonies would occur in 

Pulaski, Laclede, Wright, Reynolds, 

Shannon, Oregon, Dallas, Hickory, 

Camden, and Miller Counties, Missouri.

Applicant: Ronald E. Spears, Asheville, 

North Carolina, TE108990–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, examine, 

measure, photograph, release) the gray 

(Myotis grisescens) and the Indiana 

(Myotis sodalis) bats while conducting 

presence/absence surveys throughout 

the states of North Carolina, South 

Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, 

Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and 

South Carolina.

Dated: August 10, 2005. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 05–16983 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Issuance of Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for 

endangered species and/or marine 

mammals. 

SUMMARY: The following permits were 

issued.

ADDRESSES: 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: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division 

of Management Authority, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203; fax (703) 358–2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone (703) 358–2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that on the dates below, as 

authorized by the provisions of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/

or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

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

seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Service 

issued the requested permit(s) subject to 

certain conditions set forth therein. For 

each permit for an endangered species, 

the Service found that (1) the 

application was filed in good faith, (2) 

the granted permit would not operate to 

the disadvantage of the endangered 

species, and (3) the granted permit 

would be consistent with the purposes 

and policy set forth in Section 2 of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended. 

Endangered Species

Permit

number Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit number issuance date 

797485 ......... International Wildlife Veterinary Services .................. 70 FR 34791; June 15, 2005 .................................... July 21, 2005. 

Marine Mammals