# 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 permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
**DATES:**
Written data or comments must be received on or before March 27, 2006.
**ADDRESSESS:**
Send written data or comments to the Regional Director, 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: TE118259**
*Applicant:* Civil and Environmental Consultants, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat ( *Myotis sodalis* and gray bat ( *M. grisescens* ) throughout their range. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE023664-15**
*Applicant:* Environmental Solutions and Innovations, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take Running buffalo clover ( *Trifolium stoloniferumr* ) and Northeastern bulrush ( *Scirpus ancistrochaetus* ) throughout their range. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE120231**
*Applicant:* John Timpone, Ballwin, Missouri.
The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat ( *Myotis sodalis* ) throughout Missouri, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE120256**
*Applicant:* David Ewert, Lansing, Michigan.
The applicant requests a permit to take the Kirtland's warbler ( *Dendroica kirtlandii* ) in Michigan. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE120258**
*Applicant:* Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Des Moines, Iowa.
The applicant requests a permit to take the Topeka shiner ( *Notropis topeka* ) in Iowa. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE120259**
*Applicant:* Missouri Department of Conservation, Chillicothe, Missouri.
The applicant requests a permit to take the Pallid sturgeon ( *Scaphirhynchus albus* ), throughout Kansas and Missouri. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE120260**
*Applicant:* National Park Service, Ashland, Wisconsin.
The applicant requests a permit to take the bald eagle ( *Haliaeethus leucocephalus* ), throughout Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE105320-1**
*Applicant:* Tragus Environmental Consulting, Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take the Indiana bat ( *Myotis sodalis* ) and gray bat ( *M. grisescens* ) throughout their range. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Number: TE118449**
*Applicant:* U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri.
The applicant requests a permit to take the Pallid sturgeon ( *Scaphirhynchus albus* ), Topeka shiner ( *Notropis topeka* ) and Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) throughout their range. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Authority:**
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.* ).
Dated: January 27, 2006.
Lynn M. Lewis,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.