[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8344-8345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0022; 80221-1113-0000-F5]


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 March 14, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager, Region 
8, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA, 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, see ADDRESSES, (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 cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Permit No. TE-815214

    Applicant: Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, Arroyo 
Grande, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (salvage, replace, and 
transfer non-viable eggs) the California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum 
browni) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring in San 
Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-170381

    Applicant: William F. Stagnaro, San Francisco, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
mark, and monitor) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis 
tetrataenia), and the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring 
activities throughout the range of each species in California, for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-084606

    Applicant: David F. Moskovitz, Diamond Bar, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, 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

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packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each 
species in California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-170389

    Applicant: Travis B. Cooper, San Juan Capistrano, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and nest 
monitor) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and the 
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys and monitoring throughout the range of each 
species in California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-004939

    Applicant: Gordon F. Pratt, Riverside, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, release, 
remove from the wild, and captive breed) the El Segundo Blue butterfly 
(Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction with genetic research at 
Vandenberg Air Force base, Santa Barbara County, California, for the 
purposes of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-170403

    Applicant: Melissa A. Amarello, Carbondale, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
mark, and monitor) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis 
tetrataenia) in conjunction with population monitoring and research 
activities at the Cloverdale Ranch, San Mateo County, California, for 
the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-795930

    Applicant: Helm Biological Consulting, Lincoln, California.
    The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
capture, handle, 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-168282

    Applicant: Normandeau Associates, Inc., Stevenson Washington.
    The permittee request a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and bonytail chub (Gila elegans) 
in conjunction with surveys and backwater inventories along the lower 
Colorado river in Imperial County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-170681

    Applicant: Stanley C. Spencer, Riverside, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) and Delhi sands 
flower loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis), and take 
(capture, 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-053085

    Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Navada.
    The permittee request a permit to take (harass by survey, 
electroshock, capture, collect, mark, transport, captive rear, captive 
propagate, reintroduce) the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and 
bonytail chub (Gila elegans) in conjunction with surveys, population 
monitoring, and research along the Colorado river in Clark County, 
Nevada, and San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial County, California, 
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
    We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery 
permit applications. Comments and materials we receive will be 
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business 
hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

    Dated: February 6, 2008.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E8-2586 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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