[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 83 (Friday, May 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20337-20338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9723]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N0088; 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, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species 
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act also requires 
that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or 
before June 1, 2009.

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 under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.). We seek 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-208907

Applicant: Thomas Juhasz, Pasadena, 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.

Permit No. TE-147553

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

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 9, 
2007, 72 FR 17576) 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-210233

Applicant: Leslie L. Koenig, Livermore, California.

    The permittee requests a permit 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-210229

Applicant: Katherine J. Pettigrew, Santee, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus), and take 
(survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha 
quino) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each species 
within the jurisdiction of the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, in 
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-210235

Applicant: Matthew McDonald, Idylwild, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species within the 
jurisdiction of the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino 
National Forest, Riverside County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-807078

Applicant: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Petaluma, California.

    The permittee requests an amendment to an existing permit (January 
5, 2001, 66 FR 1150), in order to extend the geographic area and take 
(survey, locate, monitor nests, capture, measure, band, and release) 
the California least tern (Sterna antilluarum browni) in conjunction 
with monitoring throughout the range of the species in Ventura, Los 
Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties, California, and to extend the 
geographic area and take (capture, measure, band and release) the 
northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) in conjunction with 
monitoring throughout the range of the species in Sonoma, Mendocino, 
and Lake

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Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-146039

Applicant: Hildegarde N. Spautz, El Ceritto, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 9, 
2007, 72 FR 17576) 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-211099

Applicant: Kenneth A. Glass, Oakhurst, 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.

Permit No. TE-212445

Applicant: Robert A. Schell, San Rafael, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by 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 the 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    We invite 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 22, 2009.
Diane Elam,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E9-9723 Filed 4-30-09; 8:45 am]
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