[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56080-56082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19400]


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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 November 1, 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. 
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

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Permit No. TE-161486

Applicant: Autumn Sartain, Carlsbad, 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-115370

Applicant: Gage Dayton, Moss Landing, California

    The applicant requests an amendment 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 Monterey, and Santa Cruz Counties, California.

Permit No. TE-161225

Applicant: Mojave Natural Preserve, Barstow, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, collect, captive 
rear, captive propagate, and release to the wild) the Mohave tui chub 
(Siphateles bicolor mohavensis) in conjunction with ecological research 
in San Bernardino County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-161620

Applicant: Karl Osmundson, Carlsbad, 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 Riverside fairy 
shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range 
of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-161496

Applicant: California State Parks, Felton, 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 Santa Cruz and San Mateo 
Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-809232

Applicant: Paul Holden, Logan, Utah

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
capture by mist net, take feathers for DNA analysis, and release) the 
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys 
and research at the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nye County, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-161512

Applicant: Darrin Doyle, Redding, 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 Riverside fairy 
shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range 
of each species in California, for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-161510

Applicant: Michael Crane, Carmichael, 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 Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Contra 
Costa, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, 
Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, 
Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Yolo Counties, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-161717

Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Arcata, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and 
monitor populations) the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in 
conjunction with surveys, population monitoring, and research at the 
United States Department of Agriculture's Redwood Experimental Forest 
in Del Norte County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-162042

Applicant: Francis Villablanca, San Luis Obispo, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and 
release) the Morro Bay kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-042952

Applicant: Gregory R. Ballmer, Riverside, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the 
Delhi sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in 
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-778195

Applicant: Helix Environmental Planning, La Mesa, California

    The applicant requests an amendment 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) in conjunction with surveys 
throughout the range of each species in California, for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-162652

Applicant: Mary Shea, Brentwood, 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-039716

Applicant: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, electrofish, 
capture, collect biological samples, PIT tag, collect, and release) the 
bonytail chub (Gila elegans) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) 
in conjunction with surveys, population monitoring, and genetic study 
for the purpose of enhancing their survival throughout the range of the 
species in Clark County, Nevada, and San Bernardino, Riverside, and 
Imperial Counties, California.

Permit No. TE-161483

Applicant: Linette Lina, Orange, California

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

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Permit No. TE-098994

Applicant: Kelly Goocher, Big Bear Lake, California

    The applicant 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.
    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: September 26, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. E7-19400 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am]
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