[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10779-10781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6212]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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    The following applicants have 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.).

Permit No. 808241

Applicant: Sonoma Water Agency, Santa Rosa, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the 
California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) in Sonoma, Marin, 
Lake, and Mendocino Counties, California to determine its presence or 
absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 810193

Applicant: Michelle McCollom Caurana, Trabuco Canyon, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Orange, 
San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, California to 
determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 802447

Applicant: Kimberly T. Miller, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles 
Counties, California to determine its presence or absence for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 810766

Applicant: Paul A. Hamilton, Campo, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) to 
determine its presence or absence; and take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bells' vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) to conduct population 
monitoring studies in Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, 
Orange, Kern, and San Diego Counties, California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 810768

Applicant: Harmsworth Associates, Dove Canyon, California.


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    The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bells' vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in Los Angeles, San 
Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Ventura Counties, 
California to conduct population monitoring studies for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 782774

Applicant: Michael Brandman Associates, Sacramento, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, and collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) 
the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus woottoni), vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 
packardi), and vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) in vernal 
pools throughout the species' range in California to determine presence 
or absence of the species for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 798744

Applicant: Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Bonners Ferry, Idaho
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to take 
(capture, collect, radio tag, mark, and release) the Kootenai River 
population of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) to include 
that portion of the entire Kootenai River in Montana for conducting 
captive propagation and scientific research for the purpose of 
enhancing its propagation and survival.

Permit No. 781084

Applicant: Anita Marie Hayworth, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino 
Counties to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 781217

Applicant: Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San 
Diego, Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San 
Bernardino Counties to determine its presence or absence and conduct 
population monitoring studies for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 811188

Applicant: Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica 
Mountains, Topanga, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the 
tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in Malibu Lagoon, Los Angeles 
County, California to conduct population monitoring studies for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 811049

Applicant: Clifford W. Morden, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 
Hawaii.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove and reduce to possession 
one leaf from 10-20 individual Haplostachys haplostachya var. 
angustifolia (no common name) plants in 3 subpopulations from the Mouna 
Loa/Kea area of Hawaii to conduct genetic analyses for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 807078

Applicant: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, band, color band, 
and release; and erect predator exclosures) the western snowy plover 
(Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa 
Barbara (including Santa Rosa Island), Marin, and San Mateo Counties, 
California to conduct population monitoring and management of the 
species for the purpose of enhancing its survival. These activities 
were previously authorized under the Regional Director's permit no. 
PRT-702631.

Permit No. 787376

Applicant: Peter H. Bloom, Santa Ana, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (capture and release) the Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus 
longimembris pacificus) in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties, 
California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 811332

Applicant: John A. Ebrey, Jacksonville, Illinois.

    The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce 
one pair of captive bred Hawaiian (=nene) geese (Nesochen [=Branta] 
sandvicensis) from Charles Nugent of Kimbolton, Ohio for the purpose of 
enhancing its propagation and survival.

Permit No. 781384

Applicant: Thomas A. Leslie, Riverside, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) throughout the known range of the species in southern 
California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 780565

Applicant: Jeff Wells, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San 
Diego and Orange Counties to determine presence or absence and conduct 
population monitoring of the species for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 797228

Applicant: Martin R. Brittan, Folsom, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, and collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) 
the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) to determine its 
presence or absence and to increase the area of authorized activities 
to throughout the species' range in California for the purpose of 
enhancing the survival of the species.

Permit No. 811894

Applicant: Samuel M. McGinnis.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and 
release) the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) and 
San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in San 
Mateo, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties, California to conduct presence or 
absence surveys and to aid in population management for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival. These activities were previously authorized 
under the Regional Director's permit No. PRT-702631.

DATES: Written comments on the permit applications must be received 
April 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Division of Consultation and Conservation Planning, Ecological 
Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, 
Portland, Oregon 97232-4181. Please refer to the respective permit 
number for each application when submitting comments. All comments, 
including names and addresses, received will become part of the 
official administrative record and may be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Documents and other information 
submitted with these applications are

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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, within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice, to the following office: U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of Consultation and 
Conservation Planning, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-
4181. Telephone: 503-231- 2063; FAX: 503-231-6243. Please refer to the 
respective permit number for each application when requesting copies of 
documents.

    Dated: March 7, 1996.
Thomas Dwyer,
Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 96-6212 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]
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