[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77057-77058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21926]


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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; request for comment.

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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 these permit applications must be received on or 
before January 22, 2007.

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: Linda Belluomini, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above Portland address, (telephone: 503-231-2063; 
fax: 503-231-6243).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for 
scientific research permits 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.

Permit No. TE-135948

Applicant: Natalie Brodie, 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

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species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No TE-816187

Applicant: David Cook, Santa Rosa, California

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
mark, collect tissue samples, release, and recapture) the California 
tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with ecology, 
distribution, and genetics research in Sonoma County, California, for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-135974

Applicant: Michael S. Marangio, El Cerrito, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
and the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum 
croceum) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-051242

Applicant: Monica Alfaro, 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-051236

Applicant: Erika Alfaro, San Diego, 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-136973

Applicant: Judi Tamasi, Santa Monica, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, collect, and kill) 
the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni) in conjunction 
with monitoring in Ventura County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-096745

Applicant: Scott Larsen, Oakhurst, California

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
capture, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-137006

Applicant: Thea B. Benson, Paso Robles, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-138603

Applicant: Edward F. Woch, 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-122123

Applicant: Douglas McNair, Pasadena, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, monitor, 
capture, and band) the light footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris 
levipes), the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), the 
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus), and the 
California least tern (Sternula antillarum) in conjunction with 
monitoring and other life history studies throughout the range of each 
species in California and Arizona for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery 
permit applications. Our practice is to make comments, including names 
and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during 
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we 
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to 
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which 
we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable 
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must 
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment, but you should 
be aware that we may be required to disclose your name and address 
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. However, we will not 
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Comments 
and materials received will be available for public inspection, by 
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.

    Dated: November 17, 2006.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E6-21926 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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