[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5037-5038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2278]


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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 March 3, 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-062907

Applicant: Andrew Forde, Costa Mesa, California.

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

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Permit No. TE-066146

Applicant: Hugh Vance, Palm Springs, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (collect and captively 
propagate) the desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) in Riverside 
County, California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-065925

Applicant: Raphael Mazor, Berkeley, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, collect, and 
sacrifice) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) and 
the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and take (capture 
and release) the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in 
conjunction with genetic research, and dispersal and population 
demographics throughout the range of each species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-066318

Applicant: Brian Knaus, Corvallis, Oregon.

    The applicant requests a permit to reduce to possession the 
Astragalus lintiginosus var. coachellae (Coachella Valley milk-vetch) 
in conjunction with research in Riverside County, California for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-054802

Applicant: Anthony Adkins, Durango, Colorado.

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

Permit No. TE-004939

Applicant: Gordon Pratt, Riverside, California.
    The permittee requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit, 
capture, captively propagate, and release) the Lotus blue butterfly 
(Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis) in conjunction with recovery efforts in 
Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival.

Permit No. TE-066455

Applicant: Scot A. Chandler, Murrieta, California.

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

Permit No. TE-053777

Applicant: David Bise, Pasadena, California.

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

Permit No. TE-066457

Applicant: Kingsinger Environmental Consultants, Carlsbad, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery 
permit applications.

    Dated: January 9, 2003.
William F. Shake,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 03-2278 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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