[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16114-16115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8109]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Recovery 
Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a scientific 
research 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 USC 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
solicits review and comment from local, State, and Federal agencies, 
and the public on the following permit requests.

[Permit No. TE-053379]

Applicant: Christine Mukai, Irvin, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with demographic studies in Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, 
Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

[Permit No. TE-053605]

Applicant: University of Colorado, Ft. Collins, Colorado

    The applicant requests a permit to take (reduce to possession) the 
Asplenium fragile var. insulare (fragile fern), the Haplostachys 
haplostachya (honohono, Hawaiian mint), the Hedyotis coriacea (kio'ele, 
leather leaf sweet ear), the Isodendrion laurifolium (Aupaka), the 
Neraudia ovata (ma'aloa ma'aloa, spotted nettle brush), the Portulaca 
sclerocarpa (ihi, hard fruit purslane), the Silene hawaiiensis 
(Hawaiian catchfly), the Silene lanceolata (lanceleaf catchfly), the 
Solanum incompletum (popolu ku mai), the Spermolepis hawaiiensis 
(Hawaiian parsley), the Stenogyne angustifolia (creeping mint), the 
Tetramolopium arenarium (Mauna Kea pamakani), and the Zanthoxylum 
hawaiiense (hea'e a'e, Hawaiian yellow wood) in conjunction with 
species documentation surveys on the Big Island of Hawaii for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

[Permit No. TE-053598]

Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with demographic studies in San Diego County, California for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

[Permit No. TE-789266]

Applicant: Patricia Campbell, Temecula, California

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (harass by 
survey)

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the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San 
Diego, Los Angeles, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, Inyo, Kern, San 
Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, 
California in conjunction with surveys for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

[Permit No. TE-053924]

Applicant: Todd Sloat, McArthur, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San 
Diego, Los Angeles, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, Kern, San Bernardino, 
San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, California and 
Yuma, La Paz, and Mohave Counties, Arizona in conjunction with surveys 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

[Permit No. TE-053928]

Applicant: San Diego State University Foundation, San Diego, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (reduce to possession) the 
Nitrophila mohavensis (Amargosa niterwort) and the Centaurium 
namophilum namophilum (spring-loving centaury) in Inyo County, 
California in conjunction with species research for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.
      

[Permit No. TE-053777]

    Applicant: David Bise, Pasadena, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) and take 
(survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha 
quino) in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, 
and Ventura Counties, California in conjunction with surveys for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

[Permit No. TE-040531]

    Applicant: Kelly Volansky, Riverside, California

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (harass by 
survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
throughout its range in Arizona, and the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl 
(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Pima, Pinal, and Maricopa 
Counties, Arizona in conjunction with surveys for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

[Permit No. TE-054120]

    Applicant: Russell Huddleston, Sacramento, California

    The applicant request a permit to take (harass by survey, collect, 
and sacrifice) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), 
the longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the San Diego 
fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), the vernal pool tadpole 
shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), and the Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus wootoni) throughout the range of each species in 
conjunction with surveys for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Endangered Species, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181; Fax: (503) 
231-6243. Please refer to the respective permit number for each 
application when submitting comments. All comments received, including 
names and addresses, 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 20 days of the date of publication of this notice to the address 
above; telephone: (503) 231-2063. Please refer to the respective permit 
number for each application when requesting copies of documents.

    Dated: March 20, 2002.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
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