# Endangered Species Recovery Permits
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability and receipt of application.
**SUMMARY:**
We announce the receipt of an application to conduct certain activities pertaining to enhancement of survival of endangered species.
**DATES:**
Written comments on this permit application must be received by December 11, 2006.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written data or comments should be submitted to the Assistant Regional Director, Fisheries-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-0027. Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act [5 U.S.C. 552A] and Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552], by any party who submits a request for a copy of such documents within 20 days of the date of publication of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail or by telephone at 303-236-4256. All comments received from individuals become part of the official public record.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The following applicant has requested an issuance of enhancement of survival 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.* ).
*Applicant:* Craig Paukert, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, TE-136943. The applicant requests a permit to take Topeka shiner ( *Notropis topeka* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.
Dated: October 6, 2006.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.