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leadership ability; and (3) ability to 

communicate. 

The Federal Subsistence Board uses 

this information to make 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior for appointment of members to 

the Regional Councils. The information 

collected is restricted to the Regional 

Council member selection process and 

only to staff that the Federal Subsistence 

Board deems necessary. The 

information collections in this program 

are part of a system of records covered 

by the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)). 

We invite comments concerning this 

proposed information collection on: (1) 

Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

selection of Regional Council members, 

including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information; 

(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 respondents. 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Hope G. Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–23173 Filed 11–22–05; 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 applications. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants have 

applied for scientific research permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered species pursuant to section 

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

Act of 1973, as amended. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

December 23, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 

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. Documents 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment only, during normal 

business hours at the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave. SW., 

Room 4102, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Please refer to the respective permit 

number for each application when 

submitting comments. All comments 

received, including names and 

addresses, will become part of the 

official administrative record and may 

be made available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

(505) 248–6920. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Permit No. TE–110964 

Applicant: John MacFarlane, Fort 

Worth, Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 

chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo 

(Vireo atricapillus) within Texas. 

Permit No. TE–112023 

Applicant: Escarpment Environmental, 

Austin, Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 

chrysoparia), and black-capped vireo 

(Vireo atricapillus) within Texas. 

Additionally, applicant requests 

authorization to survey for and collect 

the following species within Texas: 

Batrisodes texanus (Coffin Cave mold 

beetle), Batrisodes venyivi (Helotes 

mold beetle), Cicurina baronia (Robber 

Baron Cave meshweaver), Cicurina 

madla (Madla’s cave meshweaver), 

Cicurina venii (Braken Bat Cave 

meshweaver), Cicurina vespera 

(Government Canyon Bat Cave 

meshweaver), Neoleptoneta microps 

(Government Canyon Bat Cave spider), 

Neoleptoneta myopica (Tooth Cave 

spider), Rhadine exilis (ground beetle, 

no common name), Rhadine infernalis 

(ground beetle, no common name), 

Rhadine persephone (Tooth Cave 

ground beetle), Tartarocreagris texana 

(Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion), 

Texamaurops reddelli (Kretschmarr 

Cave mold beetle), Texella 

cokendolpheri (Cokendolpher cave 

harvestman), Texella reddelli (Bee Creek 

Cave harvestman), and Texella reyesi 

(Bone Cave harvestman). 

Permit No. TE–113511 

Applicant: Jill Clausen, Tucson, 

Arizona. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

the following species within Arizona 

and California: San Joaquin kit fox 

(Vulpes macrotis mutica), lesser longnosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae 

yerbabuenae), cactus ferruginous 

pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 

cactorum), southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus). 

Permit No. TE–815409 

Applicant: New Mexico Department of 

Game and Fish, Santa Fe, New 

Mexico. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

an existing permit to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys and management 

projects for the following species: 

Roswell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis 

roswellensis), Koster’s springsnail 

(Juturnia kosteri), Noel’s amphipod 

(Gammarus desperatus) in New Mexico, 

and Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos) 

in New Mexico and Texas. In addition, 

presence/absence surveys and 

management projects will also be 

conducted for Gila chub (Gila 

intermedia) within New Mexico. 

Permit No. TE–676811 

Applicant: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 

Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

the Regional Director’s permit to add 

Gila chub (Gila intermedia) within 

Arizona. The listed species will be 

effective November 21, 2005. 

Permit No. TE–039467 

Applicant: USGS–BRD Arizona 

Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Unit, 

Tucson, Arizona. 

Applicant requests a renewal to an 

existing permit to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys and management 

projects for Gila chub (Gila intermedia) 

within Arizona. 

Permit No. TE–821577 

Applicant: Arizona Game and Fish 

Department, Phoenix, Arizona. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

an existing permit to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys and management 

projects for Gila chub (Gila intermedia) 

within Arizona. 

Permit No. TE–114260 

Applicant: Cynthia Carey, Boulder, 

Colorado. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct laboratory management projects 

for Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon 

bovinus), Comanche Springs pupfish 

(Cyprinodon ekegans), and Desert 

pupfish (Cyprinodon macularis) within 

Colorado. 

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Permit No. TE–114262 

Applicant: Stelle & Associates, Inc., 

Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus 

americanus) within Oklahoma. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq. 

Dated: November 4, 2005. 

Bryan Arroyo, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 2, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan 

for the Douglas County Distinct 

Population Segment of the Columbian 

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus 

virginianus leucurus) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

for review and comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the Draft Post-delisting 

Monitoring Plan for the Douglas County 

Distinct Population Segment of the 

Columbian White-tailed Deer 

(Odocoileus virginianus leucurus) 

(Monitoring Plan). The status of the 

Douglas County distinct population 

segment of the Columbian white-tailed 

deer will be monitored over a 5-year 

period through spring and fall 

population trend monitoring surveys, 

regular disease outbreak monitoring, 

and an annual habitat status review. We 

solicit review and comment on this 

Monitoring Plan from local, State and 

Federal agencies, and the public. 

DATES: We will accept and consider all 

public comments received on or before 

December 23, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Monitoring 

Plan are available by request from the 

State Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 2600 SE. 98th Avenue, Suite 100, 

Portland, Oregon 97266 (telephone: 

503–231–6179; fax: 503–231–6195). 

This Monitoring Plan is also available 

on the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/EndSpp/ESAActions/PDMonitorCWTDeer-05.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cat 

Brown, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, at 

the above Portland address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Douglas County distinct 

population segment of the Columbian 

white-tailed deer was removed from the 

Federal List of Threatened and 

Endangered Wildlife and Plants on July 

24, 2003 (68 FR 43647). We determined 

it was recovered due to robust 

population growth and amelioration of 

threats to its survival. Section 4(g)(1) of 

the Endangered Species Act (Act) (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that we 

implement a system, in cooperation 

with the States, to monitor for no fewer 

than 5 years the status of all species that 

have recovered and no longer need the 

protection of the Act. 

The Columbian white-tailed deer is 

the westernmost representative of 30 

subspecies of white-tailed deer in North 

and Central America (Halls 1978; Baker 

1984). The subspecies was formerly 

distributed throughout the bottomlands 

and prairie woodlands of the lower 

Columbia, Willamette, and Umpqua 

River basins in Oregon and southern 

Washington (Bailey 1936; Verts and 

Carraway 1998). It currently exists in 

two distinct population segments, one 

in Douglas County, Oregon, and the 

other along the lower Columbia River in 

Oregon and Washington. The Columbia 

River distinct population segment 

remains listed as endangered. 

We propose to monitor the status of 

the Columbian white-tailed deer over a 

5-year period in cooperation with the 

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 

and the Bureau of Land Management, 

through spring and fall population trend 

monitoring surveys, regular disease 

outbreak monitoring, and an annual 

habitat status review. We will compile 

annual reports, in cooperation with the 

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 

and the Bureau of Land Management. If 

data from this monitoring effort, or some 

other source, indicate that the 

Columbian white-tailed deer is 

experiencing significant declines in 

abundance or distribution, or that it 

requires protective status under the Act 

for some other reason, we can initiate 

listing procedures including, if 

appropriate, emergency listing. 

In April 2004, we contacted three 

experts on the white-tailed deer, asking 

for scientific review of the draft 

Monitoring Plan. We received two 

responses to our request. We carefully 

considered the comments of the 

reviewers and used them to improve the 

Monitoring Plan. 

Public Comments Solicited 

We will accept written comments and 

information during this comment 

period. If you wish to comment, you 

may submit your comments and 

materials concerning this Monitoring 

Plan by any of these methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and information by mail, facsimile, or in 

person to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife 

Office at the above address (see 

ADDRESSES). 

2. You may send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

cwtdeerplan@fws.gov. If you submit 

comments by e-mail, please submit 

them as an ASCII file and avoid the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption. Please also include your 

name and return address in your e-mail 

message. 

Comments and materials received, as 

well as supporting documentation used 

in preparation of the Monitoring Plan, 

will be available for inspection, during 

normal business hours at the above 

Portland address (see ADDRESSES). 

References Cited 

Bailey, V. 1936. The mammals and life 

zones of Oregon. U.S. Government Printing 

Office, Washington, DC. 416 pp. 

Baker, R.H. 1984. Origin, classification and 

distribution. Pages 1–18 in: Halls, L. K., 

editor. White-tailed Deer: Ecology and 

Management. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, 

Pennsylvania. 

Halls, L. K. 1978. White-tailed Deer. Pages 

43–65 in: Schmidt, J. L. and D. L. Gilbert, 

editors. Big Game of North America: Ecology 

and Management. Stackpole books, 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

Verts, B. J. and L. N. Carraway. 1998. Land 

mammals of Oregon. University of California 

Press, Berkeley, California. 668 pp. 

Author 

The primary author of this document 

is Cat Brown, Oregon Fish and Wildlife 

Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: October 24, 2005. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

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