[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66668-66670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29867]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N267; 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 January 15, 2010.

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.

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

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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-148556

    Applicant: Deborah M. Van Dooremolen, Las Vegas, Nevada. The 
applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 9, 2007; 
72 FR 17576) to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in conjunction with surveys in 
Clark County, Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-231424

    Applicant: Seth A. Shanahan, Las Vegas, Nevada. The applicant 
requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus 
longirostris yumanensis) in conjunction with surveys in Clark County, 
Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-231425

    Applicant: Robert C. Fletcher, 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-231427

    Applicant: John R. Ivanov, Pasadena, California. The applicant 
requests a permit to take (harass by survey and monitor nests) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) and least 
Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring throughout the range of each species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-170381

    Applicant: Bill Stagnaro, San Francisco, California. The applicant 
requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 13, 2008; 73 FR 
8344) to take (harass by survey) the light-footed clapper rail (Rallus 
longirostris levipes), the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris 
obsoletus), and the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) 
in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in 
California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. TE-802089

    Applicant: Patricia Tatarian, Santa Rosa, California. The applicant 
requests an amendment to an existing permit (November 7, 2002; 67 FR 
67863) to take (attach radio transmitters, radio track, release, 
collect voucher specimens; and construct, place, and monitor artificial 
egg laying structures in the wild) the California tiger salamander 
(Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with research, surveys, and 
population monitoring activities throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-231612

    Applicant: James M. Steele, Clearlake Oaks, California. The 
applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
translocate, and release) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis 
sirtalis) in conjunction with surveys and habitat enhancement 
activities in San Mateo County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-012973

    Applicant: ECORP Consulting Incorporated, Rocklin, California. The 
applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit issued on June 
14, 1999, 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. The applicant is requesting to take (collect 
soil containing Federally listed fairy shrimp cysts of the above-
mentioned species, translocate, and inoculate cysts into restored 
vernal pools) in conjunction with vernal pool restoration and 
population enhancement activities throughout the range of each species 
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-233291

    Applicant: Margaret R. Mulligan, 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-797267

    Applicant: H.T. Harvey and Associates, Los Gatos, California. The 
applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 16, 
1996; 61 FR 6253) to take (capture, measure, hair-clip, and release) 
the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), and take Tipton kangaroo rat 
(Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides) and Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 
nitratoides exilis) in conjunction with surveys and population studies 
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-233332

    Applicant: Maya E. Mazon, Oceanside, 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-233331

    Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Arcata, California. The 
applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession Erysimum 
menziesii ssp. eurekense (Humboldt Bay wallflower), Layia carnosa 
(beach layia), and Arabis macdonaldiana (McDonald's rockcress) from 
Federal lands in conjunction with botanical surveys and voucher/seed 
bank collection activities in Arcata County, California, for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-233367

    Applicant: Laura E. Gorman, Redondo Beach, 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-233373

    Applicant: Mary Anne Flett, Pt. Reyes Station, California. The 
applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the California 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction with 
surveys and population monitoring studies in Alameda, Contra Costa, 
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma 
Counties, 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.


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    Dated: December 10, 2009.
Michael Long,
Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E9-29867 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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