[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6490-6491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2425]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2011-N021; 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 March 7, 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-31042A

Applicant: Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, seine, capture, 
handle, fin clip, release, collect, transport, and captive breed) the 
Owens tui chub (Siphateles bicolor snyderi) in conjunction with 
surveys, genetic research, and captive breeding experiments in Inyo and 
Mono Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-30656A

Applicant: James E. Berrian, 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-30659A

Applicant: Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Menlo Park, 
California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
collect, translocate, and release) the Mission Blue butterfly (Icaricia 
icarioides missionensis) in conjunction with translocation activities 
from San Bruno Mountain, San Mateo County, to Twin Peaks Natural Area, 
San Francisco County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-233367

    Applicant: Laura E. Gorman, Redondo Beach, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December 
16, 2009, 74 FR 66668) 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-31406A

    Applicant: California State Parks, Channel Coast District, Ventura, 
California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, locate and monitor 
nests, install fence, population monitor, and collect carcasses) the 
California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with 
surveys and population monitoring activities at the McGrath State Beach 
and Mandalay State Beach, Ventura County, California, for the purpose 
of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-798003

    Applicant: North State Resources, Redding, California.

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    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 
22, 2000, 65 FR 8731) to take (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-32399A

    Applicant: Judson D. Sechrist, Denver, Colorado.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, collect, 
transport, and kill) the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the 
shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) in conjunction with 
research, entrainment minimization studies, and testing effectiveness 
of non-physical fish barriers in Klamath County, Oregon, for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-170381

    Applicant: William F. Stagnaro, San Francisco, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December 
16, 2009, 74 FR 66668) to take (collect tissue samples) the California 
tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with genetic 
studies 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.

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