[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3279-3280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1189]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2012-N0002; FXES11130100000F5-123-FF01E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit 
Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications for recovery permits to conduct 
enhancement of survival activities with endangered species. The 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities 
with endangered species unless a Federal permit allows such activity. 
The Act also requires that we invite public comment before issuing such 
permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by 
February 22, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Endangered Species Program Manager, Ecological Services, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th 
Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. Please refer to the permit number for 
the application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Canterbury, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-2071) or fax 
(503-231-6243).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with 
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such 
activity. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits, 
and requires that we invite public comment before issuing these 
permits.
    A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of propagation 
or survival, or interstate commerce. Our regulations implementing 
section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for 
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife 
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 
for threatened plant species.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public to 
comment on the following applications. Please refer to the appropriate 
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

Permit Number: TE-61798A

Applicant: David Monnin, Terra Science, Inc., Portland, Oregon

    The applicant requests a new permit to take (collect individuals 
and cysts) the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and 
remove and reduce to possession (harvest seed) Lomatium cookii (Cook's 
lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (large-flowered 
woolly meadowfoam) in conjunction with monitoring and population 
studies in Jackson County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

Permit Number: TE-054395

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Medford, Oregon

    The permittee requests an amendment to an existing permit to remove 
and reduce to possession (collect and cultivate plants, plant parts, 
and seed) Lomatium cookii (Cook's lomatium) in conjunction with 
recovery efforts in

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Jackson County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the species' 
survival. The permit previously covered removal and reduction to 
possession of Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner's fritillary), for which a 
notice was published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2002 (67 FR 
37855).

Permit Number: TE-61788A

Applicant: Kyle Van Houtan, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Honolulu, Hawaii

    The applicant requests a new permit to take (tag, tissue sample, 
collect biotelemetry data) the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and 
hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in conjunction with 
monitoring and population studies on Pacific islands nesting beaches 
(Midway Atoll, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, Howland 
Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, American Samoa, Guam, 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hawaii) for the 
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Number: TE-63568A

Applicant: Jason Clinch, Terra Science, Inc., Portland, Oregon

    The applicant requests a new permit to take (collect individuals 
and cysts) the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and 
remove and reduce to possession (harvest seed) Lomatium cookii (Cook's 
lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (large-flowered 
woolly meadowfoam) in conjunction with monitoring and population 
studies in Jackson County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    Before including your address, phone number, email 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.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.).

    Dated: January 13, 2012.
Richard R. Hannan,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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