[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77286-77287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31641]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Receipt of Endangered Species Recovery Permit 
Applications

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 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, solicit 
review and comment from local, State, and Federal agencies, and the 
public on the following permit requests.

DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or 
before January 16, 2003 to receive our consideration.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Permit No. TE-031850

Applicant: Gretchen Cummings, El Cajon, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with demographic research throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-064644

Applicant: Jason Wolfe, El Cajon, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with demographic research throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-064645

Applicant: Gregg Anderson, San Marcos, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with demographic research throughout the

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range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-064359

Applicant: Sophie Chiang, Irvine, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with demographic research throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-020548

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 
Western Ecological Science Center, Vallejo, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture, mark, and 
release) the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) in 
conjunction with genetic research throughout the southern range of the 
species in California, and extend the geographic area to throughout the 
range of the species in California to take (harass by survey) the 
California clapper rail (Railus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction 
with distribution studies for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-017352

Applicant: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, 
Mariana Islands.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (locate and monitor 
nests) the Nightingale reed-warbler (Acrocephalus luscinia) in 
conjunction with research in the Northern Mariana Islands for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-795934

Applicant: Jones & Stokes, Sacramento, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the 
Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in 
conjunction with demographic studies in Arizona for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-016591

Applicant: Wendy Weber, Hayward, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
capture, and release) the Sonoma and Santa Barbara distinct population 
segments of the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with demographic research in Sonoma and Santa Barbara 
Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-064944

Applicant: Charles Patterson, Lafayette, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
and release) the Sonoma distinct population segment of the California 
tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with 
demographic research in Sonoma County, California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-797665

Applicant: Regional Environmental, Inc., San Diego, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
the Ambrosia pumila (San Diego ambrosia) in conjunction with research 
in Riverside and San Diego Counties, California 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 an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
Lomatium cookii (Cook's lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa grandiflora 
(large-flowered wooly meadowfoam) in conjunction with recovery efforts 
throughout the range of each species for the purpose of enhancing their 
propagation and survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on each of these permit 
applications.

    Dated: December 2, 2002.
Rowan Gould,
Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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