[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 125 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36552-36553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14581]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0154; 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 July 28, 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-097845

Applicant: Mantech SRS Technologies, Lompoc, 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; and take (survey by pursuit) the El 
Segundo Blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction 
with surveys in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, California for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-069171

Applicant: National Park Service, Thousand Oaks, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to remove/reduce to possession 
the Astragalus brauntonii (Braunton's milkvetch) from federal lands in 
conjunction genetic research and taxonomic status studies throughout 
the range of the species in California, for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. TE-147533

Applicant: Jeffery J. Mitchell, San Francisco, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, capture, 
collect biological samples, and release) the California tiger 
salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with biological 
research throughout the range of the species in California, for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-185595

Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento, California.

    The applicant requests a permit 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.
    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.


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    Dated: June 23, 2008.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
 [FR Doc. E8-14581 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]
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