[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29542-29543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10248]


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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 June 28, 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

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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. Before including your 
address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made 
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Permit No. TE-809232

Applicant: Paul Holden, Logan, Utah.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, and release) 
the Moapa Dace (Moapa coriacea) in conjunction with surveys in Clark 
County, Nevada for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-150547

Applicant: Anna Marie Schroeder, Santa Ana, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and nest 
monitor) the least Bell's vireo in conjunction with surveys and 
monitoring throughout the range of the species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-150550

Applicant: Jerry D. Rowe, Martinez, California.

    The permittee requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with surveys in Contra Costa, Alameda, Sonoma, Santa 
Clara, Santa Barbara, San Benito, Monterey, and Solano Counties, 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-053598

Applicant: Nicole Shorey, 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-150561

Applicant: Denise L. LaBerteaux, Weldon, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys in San Diego, Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, 
Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern, Inyo, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San 
Luis Obispo Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-027736

Applicant: David Erik LaCoste, Ramona, 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-835365

Applicant: Barbara McDonnell, 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-097845

Applicant: Scott Westfall, Lompoc, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the El 
Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction 
with surveys in Ventura County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-800291

Applicant: Anne Wallace, Grass Valley, California.

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

Permit No. TE-819491

Applicant: Michael Fitzgerald, Durango, Colorado.

    The permittee requests an amendment 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-094642

Applicant: Howard B. Schaffer, Davis, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, collect, and 
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) and 
vernal pool fairy shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with 
research and other life history studies in Solano, and Alameda 
Counties, California 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: May 22, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
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