[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20122-20123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered Species Recovery Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications.

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SUMMARY: We invite the public to comment on the following applications 
to conduct certain activities with endangered species.

DATES: Comments on this permit application must be received on or 
before May 19, 2006.

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 permit number for 
the 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 the 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 permit number for the 
application when requesting copies of documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for 
survival enhancement permits to conduct certain activities with an 
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 the public, and from 
local, State, and Federal agencies on the following permit requests.

Permit No. TE-017352

Applicant: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Division 
of Fish and Wildlife, Saipan, Mariana Islands.
    The permittee requests a permit amendment to take (capture, 
release, collect biological samples, and nest monitor) the Rota bridled 
white-eye (Zosterops rotensis) in conjunction with scientific research 
on the Island of Rota, in the Commonwealth of the Northern

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Mariana Islands for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-122117

Applicant: Dawn M. Reding, Honolulu, Hawaii.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, measure, band, 
collect blood, and release) the Hawaii akepa (Loxops coccineus 
coccineus), the Hawaii creeper (Oreomystis mana), and the akiapolaau 
(Hemignathus munroi); and take (capture, band, and release) the 
Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius) in conjunction with genetic and 
demographic research on the island of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii for 
the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-122076

Applicant: Gustav R. Bodner, Honolulu, Hawaii.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, measure, examine, 
band, collect biological samples, and release) the Hawaii akepa (Loxops 
coccineus), the Hawaii creeper (Oreomystis mana), the akiapolaau 
(Hemignathus munroi), Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), and the ou 
(Psittirostra psittacea) in conjunction with disease and parasite 
research at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-122762

Applicant: Liba Pejchar, Palo Alto, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the 
akiapolaau (Hemignathus munroi), akepa (Loxops coccineus), and the 
Hawaii creeper (Oreomystis mana) in conjunction with ecological 
research on the island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii for the purpose 
of enhancing their survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on these recovery permit 
applications.

    Dated: March 30, 2006.
David J. Wesley,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E6-5848 Filed 4-18-06; 8:45 am]
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