[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20004-20006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8509]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2011-N070; 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 May 11, 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-210235

Applicant: Matthew W. McDonald, Idyllwild, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit 
(September 1, 2010, 75 FR 53708) to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-36500A

Applicant: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, band, 
locate and monitor nests, and population monitor) the least Bell's 
vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring activities in Ventura County, California, for the 
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

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Permit No. TE-820658

Applicant: AECOM, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 
3, 1997, 62 FR 5030) to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot 
butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino); take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, relocate, and release) the unarmored threespine stickleback 
(Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni); take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense), the Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides 
nitratoides), giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), and Pacific pocket 
mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus); and take (locate and 
monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), 
light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes), and Yuma 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in conjunction with 
surveys and population monitoring activities throughout the range of 
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-062907

Applicant: Forde Biological Consultants, Camarillo, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March 
20, 2007, 72 FR 13121) to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, 
measure, and release) the arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) and 
mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) in conjunction with surveys 
and population monitoring activities throughout the range of each 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-045994

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 
Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego Field Station, San Diego, 
California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 14, 
2010, 75 FR 33633) to take (trap, capture, handle, take biological 
samples, attach transmitters, and release) the arroyo toad (Anaxyrus 
californicus) and take (apply hormone treatments, conduct 
cryopreservation activities, augment populations, and remove infertile 
eggs) the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) in conjunction 
with surveys, population monitoring, reproductive analysis, and genetic 
activities throughout the range of each species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-005535

Applicant: Gilbert O. Goodlit, Ridgecrest, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (May 1, 
2009, 74 FR 202337) 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 the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-38413A

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, 
Henderson Field Station, Henderson, Nevada, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession the 
Eureka Valley dune grass (Swallenia alexandrae) and Eureka Dunes 
evening primrose (Oenothera californica) in conjunction with population 
monitoring, germination, and growth studies from Eureka Valley within 
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-034293

Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (November 
15, 2000, 65 FR 69043) to take (survey, electrofish, measure, collect 
biological samples, assess health, PIT tag, salvage, transport, hold in 
captivity, translocate, release, display, and kill) the Lost River 
sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the shortnose sucker (Chasmistes 
brevirostris) in conjunction with research involving distribution and 
abundance, die off, entrainment and genetic studies in Klamath County, 
Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-212445

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

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (May 1, 
2009, 74 FR 202337) to take (survey, capture, handle, collect 
biological samples, and release) the California tiger salamander 
(Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with genetic analysis 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-066455

Applicant: Scot A. Chandler, Murrieta, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (January 
31, 2003, 68 FR 5037) 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 survey activities throughout the range of 
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-37418A

Applicant: William T. Bean, Berkeley, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, mark, 
release, and recapture) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) in 
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring studies at the 
Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area in eastern San Benito and western Fresno 
Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-807078

Applicant: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Petaluma, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (May 1, 
2009, 73 FR 20337) to take (locate and monitor nests) the California 
least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with population 
monitoring activities throughout the range of the species in California 
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-38475A

Applicant: Jeffrey M. Lemm, Poway, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, trap, capture, 
handle, implant tags, collect, take biological samples, transport, 
release, captive rear, captive breed, augment populations, and release 
to unoccupied sites) the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) in 
conjunction with surveys, population monitoring, captive breeding, 
reproductive analysis, and genetic activities throughout the range of 
the species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-166393

Applicant: Pete C. Trenham, Bellingham, Washington.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (November 
6, 2007, 72 FR 62669) to take (survey, capture, handle, identify, 
measure, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in

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conjunction with conducting focused training seminars in occupied 
habitat throughout the range of the species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-195305

Applicant: Andres Aguilar, Merced, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (October 
29, 2008, 73 FR 64360) to take (capture, collect, and kill) the 
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), in conjunction with surveys and 
genetic research Contra Costa, Glenn, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Solano, 
Stanislaus, and Ventura Counties, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' 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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