[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33337-33338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14219]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2011-N120; 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 July 8, 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-38521A

    Applicant: Phillip A Poirier, Stockton, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, collect, release, 
and kill) the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in 
conjunction with survey activities throughout the range of the species 
in Sacramento County, California, for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

Permit No. TE-38480A

    Applicant: Valentine A. Hemingway, Santa Cruz, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma 
macrodactylum croceum) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range 
of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-221411

    Applicant: Center for Natural Lands Management, Fallbrook, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and 
release) the Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi) 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-39142A

Applicant: Stanford University, Stanford, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) and 
tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction with survey 
activities in San Mateo, Sonoma, Del Norte, and Humboldt Counties, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-39183A

Applicant: Allegra L. Simmons, 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 the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-39184A

Applicant: Tara M. Cornelisse, Felton, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, handle, collect, 
transport, hold in captivity, and take biological samples) the Ohlone 
tiger beetle (Cicindela ohlone) in conjunction with surveys and genetic 
analysis in Santa Cruz County, California, for the purpose of enhancing 
the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-39186A

Applicant: Carlos Alvarado, Sacramento, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring throughout the 
range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

Permit No. TE-036090

Applicant: Virginia S. Moran, Grass Valley, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession the 
Galium californicum sierra (El Dorado bedstraw), Cordylanthus mollis 
mollis (soft bird's-beak), Cordylanthus palmatus (Palmate-bracted 
bird's-beak),

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Eriogonum apricum var. apricum (lone buckwheat), Limnanthes floccosa 
californica (Shippee meadowfoam), Oenothera deltoids howellii (Antioch 
Dunes evening primrose), Pseudobahia bahiifolia (Hartweg's golden 
sunburst), Orcutttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida 
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), Tuctoria greenei (Green's awnless Orcutt 
grass), Tuctoria mucronata (Mucronata Orcutt grass), and Sidalcea 
keckii (Keck's checker-mallow) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring activities on Federal lands throughout the range 
of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-037806

Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and 
release) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) and Tipton kangaroo 
rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring activities on lands managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, 
and Kern Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

Permit No. TE-39795A

Applicant: Eric L. Scott, Ojai, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, mark, recapture, 
handle, provide basic medical care, draw blood, and recover carcasses) 
the Santa Cruz Island fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae), Santa Rosa 
Island fox (Urocyon littoralis santarosae), San Miguel Island fox 
(Urocyon littoralis littoralis), and Santa Catalina Island fox (Urocyon 
littoralis catalinae) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring activities on Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, San 
Miguel Island, and Santa Catalina Island in Ventura and San Diego 
Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival.

Permit No. TE-082237

Applicant: California Department of Parks and Recreation, San Simeon, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
measure, relocate, and release) the Morro shoulderband snail 
(Helminthoglypta walkeriana) and take (capture, handle, and release) 
the Morro Bay kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis) in 
conjunction with surveys, habitat enhancement and population monitoring 
activities in San Luis Obispo County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-132855

Applicant: Carly M. Spahr, Ventura, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to a permit to take (locate and 
monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in 
conjunction with population monitoring activities in Santa Barbara 
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-068743

Applicant: University of California, Berkley, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession from 
Federal lands the following species: Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa 
goldfields), Arabis mcdonaldiana (McDonald's rock-cress), Calystegia 
stebbinsii (Stebbins' morning glory), Caulanthus californicus 
(California jewelflower), Ceanothus roderickii (Pine Hill cenothus), 
Eremalche kernensis (Kern Mallow), Eriogonum apricum var. apricum (lone 
buckwheat), Erysimum menziesii ssp. eurekense (Humboldt Bay 
wallflower), Fremontodendron decumbens (Pine Hill flannelbush), 
Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner's fritillara), Galium californicum ssp. 
sierra (El Dorado bedstraw), Gillia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria (sand 
gilia), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa Goldfields), Layia carnosa 
(beach layia), Monolopia congdonii (San Joaquin woolly threads), 
Piperia yadonii (Yadon's rein orchid), and Sidalcea keckii (Kecck's 
checkerbloom) in conjunction with seed bank collection activities 
throughout the range of each species in California, except for San 
Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa 
Barbara, San Bernardino, Inyo, and Mono Counties, for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-42950A

Applicant: California Department of Water Resources, Fresno, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with presence/absence surveys and population monitoring 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-012137

Applicant: Department of Army, Fort Hunter Liggett, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, measure, collect biological samples, and release) the arroyo 
toad (Anaxyrus californicus) in conjunction with surveys, population 
monitoring, and disease testing activities along the San Antonio River 
on Fort Hunter Liggett, Monterey County, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing the species' survival.

Permit No. TE-42833A

Applicant: Ian Maunsell, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) 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-43597A

Applicant: Dana H. McLaughlin, Chula Vista, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, and release) the Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris 
pacificus) 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-43610A

Applicant: Jessica A. Easley, Sacramento, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 
in conjunction with presence/absence surveys and population monitoring 
throughout the range of the species in 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,
Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. 2011-14219 Filed 6-7-11; 8:45 am]
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