# Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of receipt of application.
**SUMMARY:**
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.* ).
**DATES:**
Written data or comments must be received on or before December 1, 2005.
**ADDRESSES:**
Send written data or comments to the Regional Director (Attention: Peter Fasbender), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Mr. Peter Fasbender, (612) 713-5343.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Permit Number:* TE113009.
*Applicant:* Steven Ahlstedt, Norris, Tennessee.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take the white catspaw ( *Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua* ) and purple catspaw ( *E. o. obliquata* ) throughout Indiana and Ohio. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Dated: October 12, 2005.
Wendi Weber,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.