[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67465-67467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29870]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (``we'') 
solicits 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 2, 2004 to receive our consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Chief, Endangered Species, Ecological 
Services, 911 NE.

[[Page 67466]]

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 30 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-073416

    Applicant: Siskiyou National Forest, Grants Pass, Oregon.
    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession 
(collect seed) Arabis mcdonaldiana (McDonald's rock-cress) in 
conjunction with research in Josephine and Curry Counties, Oregon, and 
Del Norte County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-077753

    Applicant: Erica Fleishman, Stanford, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession 
(collect seed and tissue) Cordylanthus palmatus (palmate-bracted 
bird's-beak) in conjunction with research in Colusa, Fresno, Alameda, 
Yolo, and Sacramento Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival.

Permit No. TE-062125

    Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Folsom, California.
    The permittee requests an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
(collect) Calystegia stebbinsii (Stebbins' morning-glory), Ceanothus 
roderickii (Pine Hill ceanothus), Eriogonum apricum var. apricum 
(Apricum Hill buckwheat), Fremontodendron californicum ssp. decumbens 
(Pine Hill flannelbush), Galium californicum ssp. sierrae (El Dorado 
bedstraw) in conjunction with research in Tuolumne, Amador, El Dorado, 
Nevada, and Yuba Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. TE-077943

    Applicant: Matthew Williams, San Diego, 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-066621

    Applicant: Point Mugu Naval Base, Point Mugu, California.
    The permittee requests an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
(collect seed, propagate, and outplant) Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. 
maritimus (salt marsh bird's-beak) in conjunction with a planting 
program in Ventura County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-078657

    Applicant: Amanda J. Colombo, Livermore, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and mark) the San 
Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) and the 
Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus) in conjunction 
with monitoring, surveys, and scientific research throughout the range 
of each species for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-078712

    Applicant: Kimberly Kindt, Palm Springs, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (monitor nests) the least 
Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and take (harass by survey and 
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in conjunction with demographic studies in Riverside County, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-033365

    Applicant: National Wildlife Health Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
    The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture, handle, mark, 
measure, collect biological samples, release, and recapture) the Nihoa 
millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi), nightingale reed warbler 
(Acrocephalus luscinia), Mariana gray swiftlet (Aerodramust 
vanikorensis bartschi), Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis), Hawaiian duck 
or koloa (Anas wyvilliana), Hawaiian hawk or 'io (Buteo solitarius), 
Hawaiian crow or 'alala (Corvus hawaiiensis), Mariana crow (Corvus 
kubaryi), Hawaiian coot or 'alae ke'o ke'o (Fulica americana alai), 
Mariana moorhen (Gallinula chloropus guami), Hawaiian moorhen or 
'alae'ula (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis), Micronesian kingfisher 
(Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina), Maui nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus 
affinus), Kauai nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus hanapepe), 'akiapola'au 
(Hemignathus munroi), Kauai 'akialoa (Hemignathus procerus), Hawaiian 
stilt or ae'o (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), palila (Loxioides 
bailleui), Hawaii 'akepa (Loxops coccineus coccineus), Maui 'akepa 
(Loxops coccineus ochraceus), Micronesian megapode (Megapodius 
laperouse), po'ouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), Kauai 'o'o (Moho 
braccatus), Tinian monarch (Monarcha takatsukasae), Molokai solitare or 
oloma'o (Myadestes lanaiensis rutha), large Kauai solitare or kama'o 
(Myadestes myadesinus), small Kauai solitare or puaiohi (Myadestes 
palmeri), Hawaiian goose or nene (Nesochen sandvicensis), Hawaii 
creeper (Oreomystis mana), crested honeycreeper or 'akohekohe (Palmeria 
dolei), Molokai creeper or kakawahie (Paroreomyza flammea), Oahu 
creeper or 'alauahia (Paroreomyza maculata), Maui parrotbill 
(Pseudonestor xanthophrys), 'o'u (Psittirostra psittacea), Hawaiian 
petrel or 'ua'u (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis), Newell's 
shearwater (Puffinus auricularis), Guam rail (Rallus owstoni), Laysan 
finch (Telespiza cantans), Nihoa finch (Telespiza ultima), bridled 
white-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus), Hawaiian hoary bat 
or ope'ape'a (Lasiurus cinereus semotus), Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus 
mariannus mariannus), and the Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) for 
evaluation of injury and/or disease, to determine epidemiologic trends, 
and to assist other permitted biologists in broader ecological studies 
in the Hawaiian Islands; Midway, Johnston, Wake, Palmyra, and Kingman 
Reef Atolls; Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands; Guam; American Samoa; 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and the Republic of 
Palau for the purpose of enhancing their survival. All of these 
activities for these species were previously authorized under subpermit 
BRDVET-3.

Permit No. TE-837010

    Applicant: Bruce Koebele, Wai`anae, Hawai`i.
    The permittee requests an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
(collect and propagate) Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata (round-
leaved chaff-flower) and Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. kalaeloana (`Ewa 
Plains `akoko) in conjunction with site rehabilitation in O`ahu, 
Hawai`i, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

[[Page 67467]]

Permit No. TE-062121

    Applicant: Ryan Young, Carlsbad, California.
    The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the 
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
sandiegonensis), the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), 
and to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly 
(Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys throughout the 
range of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-068799

    Applicant: Mikael Romich, San Bernardino, California.
    The permittee requests an amendment to take (monitor nests, video 
monitor, and band) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in 
conjunction with demographic studies in Riverside, San Bernardino, Los 
Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and Ventura Counties, California, for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery 
permit applications.

    Dated: November 13, 2003.
Cynthia U. Barry,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 03-29870 Filed 12-1-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P