[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79387-79388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31907]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2010-N278; 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 19, 2011.

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 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-27460A

    Applicant: Brian A. Zitt, Santa Ana, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, electroshock, 
capture, handle, and release) the Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus 
santaanae) and take (survey, capture, handle, and release) the arroyo 
toad (Bufo californicus) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring activities throughout the range of each species in 
California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-088197

    Applicant: High Mesa Research, Valdez, New Mexico.
    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit 
(September 5, 2006, 71 FR 52336) to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring activities 
throughout the range of the species in California and Nevada for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-835549

    Applicant: Charles H. Black, San Diego, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March 6, 
2000, 65 FR 11798) to remove/remove to possession California Orcutt 
grass (Orcuttia californica) and willowy monardella (Monardella 
linoides subsp. viminea) in conjunction with population monitoring, 
germination, and growth studies from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-29658A

    Applicant: Cindy Dunn, San Diego, California.

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    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-776608

    Applicant: Monk and Associates Incorporated, Walnut Creek, 
California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (October 
7, 2002, 67 FR 62492) to take (install and remove egg laying substrates 
within occupied habitat) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in conjunction with research throughout the range of the 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-29522A

    Applicant: Kenneth L. Gilliland, Ventura, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, locate and monitor 
nests, population monitor, collect carcasses and infertile eggs) the 
California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) and take (monitor 
nests, collect carcasses and infertile eggs) the least Bell's vireo 
(Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring activities at the Guadalupe Restoration Project, San Luis 
Obispo County, California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-082908

    Applicant: Melanie S. Rocks, Woodland, 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), and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino 
checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with 
survey activities throughout the range of each species in California 
for the purpose of enhancing their 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.

Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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