[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14289-14290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5463]


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

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.

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

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 26, 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-141832

Applicant: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and 
release) the shortnose sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and Lost River sucker 
(Chasmistes brevirostris) in conjunction with surveys and demographic 
studies in Klamath County, Oregon for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-139634

Applicant: Thomas S. Liddicoat, San Diego, 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-139628

Applicant: Garcia and Associates, 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-141359

Applicant: Stephen M. Stringer, Folsom, 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-141366

Applicant: Department of Transportation, Eureka, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, and 
release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction 
with surveys for the purpose of enhancing their survival throughout the 
range of the species in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino Counties, 
California.

Permit No. TE-020548

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, 
Vallejo, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture; handle; mark; 
attach transmitters; collect blood, feathers, and diet samples; and 
collect eggs) the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in 
conjunction with contaminants research throughout the range of the 
species in California and Arizona for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-142435

Applicant: Debra Shier, Topanga, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
mark, telemetry, translocate) the pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus 
longimembris pacificus) in conjunction with ecological research and 
surveys within the boundaries of Camp Pendleton, California for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

[[Page 14290]]

    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: January 12, 2007.
Darrin Thome,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7-5463 Filed 3-26-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P