[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 179 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53264-53265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21411]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0237; 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 October 15, 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-190302

Applicant: Mitch C. Siemens, Santa Maria, California
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with surveys within Santa Barbara County, California for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-814222

Applicant: California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Diego, 
California
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, 
locate/monitor nests, and band chicks and fledglings) the California 
least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring studies within California State Park lands in San 
Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, southwestern San Bernardino 
Counties, and in areas in Los Angeles County south of the Angeles 
National Forest, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-190300

Applicant: Debra G. De La Torre, Lytle Creek, California
    The permittee requests a permit to take (survey, trap, handle, and 
release) the Stephen's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi) in 
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring activities 
throughout the range of the species in

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California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-190303

Applicant: Daniel Shaw, Sacramento, California
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with surveys within California State Park lands in Santa 
Barbara and Sonoma Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival.

Permit No. TE-095858

Applicant: Arianne B. Preite, Anaheim, California
    The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey, and 
locate/monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) in conjunction with surveys and monitoring activities 
in Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino 
Counties in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-191704

Applicant: Dana E. Terry, Walnut Creek, California
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), 
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-170389

Applicant: Travis B. Cooper, San Juan Capistrano, California
    The applicant requests an amendment 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-192714

Applicant: Southern California Coastal Water Research Group, Costa 
Mesa, California
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the 
tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) and take (harass) the light-
footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes), and California least 
tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with coastal wetland 
research in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego 
Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-192708

Applicant: Sarah M. Farmer, San Diego, 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-192702

Applicant: Jamie M. Kneitel, 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), 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.

    Dated: September 9, 2008.
Mary Grim,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E8-21411 Filed 9-12-08; 8:45 am]
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