[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37855-37857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13421]


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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

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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-794784

Applicant: Affinis Environmental Services, El Cajon, California.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to remove/reduce to 
possession the Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii (San Diego button 
celery), the Orcuttia californica (California orcutt grass), the 
Rorippa gambellii (Gambel's water cress), and the Dodecahema leptoceras 
(Slender-horned spineflower) in San Diego County, California in 
conjunction with species documentation surveys for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-004939

Applicant: Gordon Pratt, Riverside, California.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (live capture, 
handle, remove from the wild, propagate, conduct research, and release) 
the Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus 
palosverdesensis) in Los Angeles and Riverside Counties, California in 
conjunction with species enhancement efforts and research for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-054395

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Medford, Oregon.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession the 
Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner's fritillary) in Jackson and Josephine 
Counties, Oregon in conjunction with species augmentation efforts for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-749872

Applicant: David Germano, Bakersfield, California.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (radio-tag) the 
giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), the tipton kangaroo rat 
(Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), and the blunt-nosed leopard lizard 
(Gambelia sila) in California in conjunction with ecological research 
throughout the range of each species for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-003483

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (capture, collect 
blood, and band) the Molokai creeper (=kakawahie)(Paroreomyza flammea), 
the Molokai thrush (=oloma'o) (Myadestes lanaiensis rutha), the crested 
honeycreeper (='akohekohe) (Palmeria dolei), the Maui' akepa (Loxops 
coccineus ochraceus), the Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophyrys), 
the po'ouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), and the Maui nukupu'u 
(Hemignathus lucidus affinis) on the Islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu, 
Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Laysan in conjunction with demographic and 
ecological studies for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-781485

Applicant: Kurt Campbell, Temecula, California.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (harass by 
survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
in Nevada and Arizona in conjunction with surveys for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-702631

Applicant: Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Portland, Oregon.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take the Buena Vista 
Lake shrew (Sorex ornatus relictus) and remove/reduce to possession the 
Hackelia venusta (showy stickseed). Take and remove/reduce to 
possession activities will be conducted throughout the range of each 
species in conjunction with recovery efforts for the purpose of 
enhancing their propagation and survival.

Permit No. TE-667512

Applicant: Howard Shellhammer, San Jose, California.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (collect and clip 
hair) the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) 
throughout the range of the species in conjunction with genetic 
research and population studies for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-055011

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management Pine Hill Preserve, Folsom, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession the 
Fremontodendrom californicum ssp. Decumbens (Pine Hill flannelbush) in 
El Dorado County, California in conjunction with population research 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-758175

Applicant: John and Jane Griffith, Calumet, Michigan.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (harass by survey 
using taped vocalizations) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii 
pusillus) in Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, 
Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Imperial, and 
Ventura Counties, California and Yuma County, Arizona in conjunction 
with surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-005956

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 
Western Fisheries Research Center, Reno, Nevada.
    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (capture with 
minnow traps, dip nets, and seines; and harass by installing underwater 
video equipment) the White River spinedace (lepidomeda albivalis), and 
to take (capture, mark, and translocate) the Ash Meadows speckled dace 
(Rhinichthys osculus) in Nye County, Nevada in conjunction with surveys 
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-055013

Applicant: San Bernardino National Forest, Fawnskin, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession the 
Astragalus albens (Cushenbury milk-vetch), the Astragalus brauntonii 
(Braunton's milk-vetch), the Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae 
(Coachella Valley milk-vetch), the Astragalus tricarinatus (triple-
ribbed milk-vetch), the Berberis nevinii (Nevin's barberry), the 
Dodecahema leptoceras (slender-horned spineflower), the Eriastrum 
densifolium ssp. sanctorum (Santa Ana River wollystar), the Eriogonum 
ovalifolium var. vineum (Cushenbury buckwheat), the Lesquerella kingii 
ssp. Bernardina (San Bernardino bladderpod), the Oxytheca parishii var. 
goodmaniana (Cushenbury oxytheca), the Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino 
bluegrass), the Sidalcea pedata (bird-foot checkerbloom), the Taraxacum 
californicum (California dandelion), and the Thelypodium stenopetalum 
(Slender-petaled mustard) in San Bernardino County, California in 
conjunction with species documentation surveys and restoration efforts 
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

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Permit No. TE-055397

Applicant: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Santa Cruz, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey and kill 
by fire) the Ohlone tiger beetle (Cicendela ohlone) in Santa Cruz 
County, California in conjunction with habitat enhancement for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-025203

Applicant: David Griffin, Jamul, California.

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

Permit No. TE-821967

Applicant: Paul Galvin, Irvin, California.

    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (harass by 
banding) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and to take 
(harass by survey) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) 
throughout the range of each species in California 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: May 1, 2002.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
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