[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50325-50326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24546]


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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.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
1531, et seq.).
Permit No. 795938
    Applicant: Dana C. Bland, Aptos, California. The applicant requests 
an amendment of her permit to take the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander 
(Ambystoma macrodactlyum croceum) to include toe-clipping adults and 
juveniles, and collection of voucher specimens in conjunction with 
distribution and abundance studies in Santa Cruz County, California for 
the purpose of enhancing the survival of the species.
Permit No. 815529
    Applicant: Sierra View Landscape, Carmichael, California. The 
applicant requests a permit to: take (collect, relocate, and release) 
the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi), vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) 
and the valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus 
demorphus); and remove and reduce to possession the Butte County 
meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica) and Crampton's 
tuctoria (Tuctoria mucronata) throughout the range of these species in 
northern California to restore, augment, and create populations and 
habitat for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. 815539
    Applicant: Michael S. Marangio, San Francisco, California. The 
applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, and 
release) the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactlyum 
croceum), and the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis 
tetrataenia) in conjunction with presence and absence surveys 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. 817399
    Applicant: Susan V. Christopher, Santa Barbara, California. The 
applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, and 
release) the arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) 
in conjunction with presence and absence surveys within San Diego, Los 
Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, 
Orange, and Kern Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.
Permit No. 702631
    Applicant: Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services, Region 
1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. The applicant 
requests amendment of his permit to include authorization to remove and 
reduce to possession specimens of the following plant species: 
Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii (wahane), Amaranthus brownii (plant, no 
common name), Pritchardia remota (loulu), and Schiedea verticillata 
(plant, no common name) throughout their range for recovery efforts in 
order to enhance their propagation and survival.

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DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before October 25, 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 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: September 13, 1996.
Thomas Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 96-24546 Filed 9-24-96; 8:45 am]
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