[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13121-13122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5008]


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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 April 19, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager, 
California/Nevada Operations Office (CNO), 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-
2606, Sacramento, California, 95825 (telephone: 916-414-6464; fax: 916-
414-6486). 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: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above CNO address, (telephone: 760-431-9440; fax: 
760-431-9624).

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-097516

Applicant: Thomas Ryan, Pasadena, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, handle, and 
band) the California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni), the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and the 
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); and to take (harass by 
survey) the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in 
conjunction with monitoring and other life history studies throughout 
the range of each species in California, Arizona, and Nevada for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-142437

Applicant: Melanie Gogol-Prokurat, Davis, California

    The permittee requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession 
Calystegia stebbinsii (Stebbin's morning glory), Ceanothus roderickii 
(Pine Hill ceanothus), and Fremontodendron decumbens (= Fremontodendron 
californicum ssp. decumbens, Pine Hill flannelbush) from Federal lands 
in conjunction with scientific studies in El Dorado and Nevada County, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-142436

Applicant: Eric Renfro, Redondo Beach, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in San 
Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-126141

Applicant: Craig Stockwell, Fargo, North Dakota

    The applicant requests a permit to take (sacrifice) the Mohave tui 
chub (Siphateles bicolor mohavensis) in conjunction with ecological 
studies in San Bernardino and Kern Counties, California, for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-071216

Applicant: Reed Smith, Ventura, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
locate, and monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum 
browni) in conjunction with monitoring and other life history studies 
in Ventura County, California for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-071216

Applicant: Derek S. Smith, Discovery Bay, California

    The permittee requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
and release) the California tiger salamander

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(Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with surveys throughout the 
range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-052745

Applicant: Pierre Fidenci, San Francisco, 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-062907

Applicant: Andrew M. Forde, Camarillo, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and 
kill) 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) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of 
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-795934

Applicant: Edward C. Beedy, Nevada City, California

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

Permit No. TE-098709

Applicant: William D. Gendron, Pomona, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in San 
Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California for the purpose of 
enhancing its 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: February 7, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
 [FR Doc. E7-5008 Filed 3-19-07; 8:45 am]
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