[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46185-46186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15707]


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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.

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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.). 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 September 8, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Chief, Endangered Species, Ecological 
Services, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181 (telephone: 
503-231-2063; 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 to 
the address above. Please refer to the respective permit number for 
each application when requesting copies of documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Permit No. TE-106759

Applicant: Lauronda D. Cooper, Cupertino, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and mark) the 
giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) and the Morro Bay kangaroo rat 
(Dipodomys heermanni morrensis) in conjunction with surveys throughout 
the range of each species in San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-106908

Applicant: Manna Warburton, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, and release) the arroyo toad (Bufo californicus), the mountain 
yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa), the Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus 
santaanae), and the unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus 
aculeatus williamsoni) in conjunction with demographic surveys 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-107075

Applicant: Steven Powell, San Pablo, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, and release) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis 
sirtalis tetrataenia) in conjunction with demographic surveys 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-107981

Applicant: Margaret E. K. Evans, Seattle, Washington.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession 
(collect seed) the Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii (Antioch Dunes 
evening-primrose) and the Oenothera avila ssp. eurekensis (Eureka 
Valley evening-primrose) in conjunction with research in Contra Costa 
and Inyo Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-006559

Applicant: Dale A. Powell, Riverside, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture and collect 
and sacrifice) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), 
the longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the vernal pool 
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), the Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus wootoni), and the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
sandiegonensis)

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in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each species in 
Southern California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-004939

Applicant: Gordon Pratt, Riverside, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit, 
capture, handle, remove from the wild, captively propagate, and release 
to the wild) the El Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battiudes 
allyni) and the Smith's blue butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes smithi) in 
conjunction with surveys and propagation activities throughout the 
range of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery 
permit applications.

    Dated: July 27, 2005.
Robert Williams,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 05-15707 Filed 8-8-05; 8:45 am]
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