[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 67 (Monday, April 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17576-17578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6592]


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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 May 9, 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

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and comment from local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public on 
the following permit requests.

Permit No. TE-144960

Applicant: Terry Strange, Wilseyville, 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), and the vernal pool 
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), and to take (harass by survey, 
capture, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in conjunction with surveys in Amador, Calaveras, 
Mariposa, Sacramento, San Joaguin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, 
California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-144965

Applicant: Brian Williams, Marysville, California.

    The permittee requests a permit 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-144966

Applicant: Christopher Green, Sacramento, 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-147691

Applicant: Arthur C. Gibson, Los Angeles, California.

    The permittee requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession 
Astragalus brauntonii (Braunton's milk-vetch), Astragalus pycnostachyus 
var. lanosissima (Ventura marsh milk-vetch), and Astragalus tener var. 
titi (coastal milk-vetch), Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. Maritimus (salt 
marsh bird's beak), Dudleya cymosa var. marcescens (marcescent 
dudleya), Dudleya cymosa var. ovatifolia (Santa Monica Mountain 
dudleya), Orcuttia californica (California Orcutt grass), and 
Pentachaeta lyonii (Lyon's pentachaeta) from Federal lands in 
conjunction with scientific studies in Los Angeles and Ventura 
Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-802450

Applicant: Art Davenport, Barstow, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the 
light footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) in conjunction 
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-146039

Applicant: Hildegarde Spautz, El Cerrito, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey and 
monitor) the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in 
conjunction with surveys, monitoring and other life history studies in 
Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Marin, 
Sonoma, Solano, and Napa Counties, California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-146051

Applicant: Wendy Renz, Albany, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and 
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) in 
conjunction with genetic research in Solano, Marin and Tehama Counties 
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-147553

Applicant: Jeffrey Mitchell, San Francisco, California.

    The permittee requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with surveys throughout in Contra Costa County, 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-1476489

Applicant: Sara Throne, La Mesa, 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-147652

Applicant: J. Hall Cushman, Rohnert Park, California.

    The permittee requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit, 
capture, handle, remove from the wild, captive propagate, and release 
to the wild) the Smith's blue butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes smithi) in 
conjunction with surveys, propagation activities, and other life 
history studies in Monterey County, California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-148555-0

Applicant: Phillip Brylski, Irvine, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the 
Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi), the San Bernardino 
kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus), and the Pacific pocket mouse 
(Perognathus longimembris pacificus) in conjunction with surveys 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-148556

Applicant: Deborah Van Dooremolen, Wilseyville, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the 
Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in conjunction with 
surveys throughout the range of the species in Clark County, Nevada for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-148552

Applicant: Holley Sheply, Oakland, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
and mark) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis 
tetrataenia) in conjunction with surveys and monitoring activities 
throughout the range of the species in 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

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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: April 3, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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