[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21645-21646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8655]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0073; 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 May 22, 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

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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-094318

Applicant: Jessica S. Vinje, Escondido, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (nest monitor) the 
lease Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with 
monitoring in San Diego County, California for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival.

Permit No. TE-817400

Applicant: East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
locate/monitor nests, and conduct predator control) the California 
least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring studies within Alameda County, California, for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-177979

Applicant: Allison DuRose Rudalevige, Costa Mesa, 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-177978

Applicant: John D. Gerlach, Fair Oaks, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
the Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass) from federal lands in conjunction 
with reintroduction and research studies in Yolo County, California for 
the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-179013

Applicant: Scott M. Werner, Oak View, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (nest monitor) the 
lease Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with 
monitoring in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura Counties, 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-179034

Applicant: Angela D. Hyder, Sandia Park, New Mexico.

    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.
    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: April 16, 2008.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
 [FR Doc. E8-8655 Filed 4-21-08; 8:45 am]
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