[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 41 (Friday, February 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11136-11137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3900]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R-ES-2008-N0038; 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 31, 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)

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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-174276

Applicant: Bio Spatial Solutions, LLC, Elk Grove, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, collect, 
kill, and hatch cysts) 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 and research 
throughout the range of each species in California, for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-174305

Applicant: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vandenberg AFB, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, locate, and 
monitor nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and the 
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus); take 
(survey, capture, and release) the unarmored threespine stickleback 
(Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) and tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius 
newberryi); take (survey by pursuit) the El Segundo Blue butterfly 
(Euphilotes battoides allyni), and remove/remove to possession the 
Rorippa gambellii (Gambel's watercress), Hemizonia increscens ssp. 
villosa (Gaviota tarplant), Layia carnosa (Beach layia), Eriodictyon 
capitatum (Lompoc Yerba Santa), and Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa 
thistle) from Federal lands, in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring throughout Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-058073

Applicant: Susan Christopher, Santa Margarita, 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-172629

Applicant: Christina Sloop, Santa Rosa, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to remove/remove to possession 
the Limnanthes floccosa ssp. Californica (Butte County meadowfoam), 
Limnanthes vinculans (Sebastopol meadowfoam), Lasthenia burkei (Burke's 
goldfields), and Plennosperma bakeri (Sonoma sunshine) from federal 
lands in conjunction with genetic sampling for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. TE-122602

Applicant: Joseph B. Platt, Irvine, 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 and Arizona, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-875386

Applicant: California Cooperative Research Unit, Arcata, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to remove/remove to possession 
the Amsinckia grandiflora (Large flowered fiddleneck), Cordylanthus 
mollis spp. mollis (Soft bird's beak), Erysimum captitatum ssp. 
angustatum (Contra Costa wallflower), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa 
goldfields), Oenthera deltoids ssp. howelii, (Antioch Dunes evening 
primrose), Orcuttia tenuis, (Slender orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida, 
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), and Tuctoria mucronata, (Solano grass) from 
federal lands in conjunction with botanical surveys for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-175385

Applicant: Ammon M. Rice, Roseville, 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 packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range 
of each species in California, for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-108093

Applicant: Daniele Tannourji, Santa Cruz, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to remove/remove to possession 
the Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields) from federal lands in 
conjunction with botanical surveys and germination studies 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 25, 2008.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
 [FR Doc. E8-3900 Filed 2-28-08; 8:45 am]
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