[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3805-3810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02103]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2018-N144; FXES11130800000-178-FF08E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit 
Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received 
applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the 
propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, 
and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing 
any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any 
information that we receive during the public comment period.

DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before March 15, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Document availability and comment submission: Submit 
requests for copies of the applications and related documents and 
submit any comments by one of the following methods. All requests and 
comments should specify the applicant name(s) and application number(s) 
(e.g., TEXXXXXX).
     Email: [email protected].
     U.S. Mail: Daniel Marquez, Endangered Species Program 
Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA 95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, via phone at 760-431-
9440, via email at [email protected], or via the Federal Relay 
Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
invite the public to comment on applications for permits under section 
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.). The requested permits would allow the applicants to 
conduct activities intended to promote recovery of species that are 
listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA.

Background

    With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute 
take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows 
such activity. The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes such 
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting 
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for 
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. These activities 
often include such prohibited actions as capture and collection. Our 
regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are 
found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 for

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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.

Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment

    Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the 
recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in 
the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing 
these permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal 
agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments 
with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations 
that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are 
those supported by quantitative information or studies.

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                            Applicant, city,
     Application No.             state               Species            Location          Activity          Type of take            Permit action
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TE-817400...............  East Bay Regional     Salt marsh  CA               Survey, mark,       Capture, handle,    Renew and Amend.
                           Park District,       harvest mouse                         track, nest         insert PIT tags,
                           Oakland,             (Reithrodontomys                      monitor, collect    collect vouchers,
                           California.          raviventris).                         vouchers.           monitor nests.
 
                                                California
                                                least tern
                                                (Sternula
                                                antillarum browni
                                                (Sterna a.
                                                browni)),.
                                                California
                                                clapper rail
                                                ((Rallus
                                                longirostris
                                                obsoletus),
                                               
                                                Conservancy fairy
                                                shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                conservatio),
                                                Longhorn
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                longiantenna),
                                                San Diego
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                sandiegonensis),
                                                Riverside
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Streptocephalus
                                                woottoni),
                                                Vernal
                                                pool tadpole
                                                shrimp (Lepidurus
                                                packardi).
TE-102310...............  Mitchell Dallas,                  CA               Survey, collect     Capture, handle,    Renew.
                           Morro Bay,           Conservancy fairy                     soil, identify      release, collect
                           California.          shrimp                                branchiopod eggs.   vouchers, and
                                                (Branchinecta                                             collect soil.
                                                conservatio),
                                                Longhorn
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                longiantenna),.
                                                San Diego
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                sandiegonensis),
                                                Riverside
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Streptocephalus
                                                woottoni),
                                                Vernal
                                                pool tadpole
                                                shrimp (Lepidurus
                                                packardi).
TE-14749C...............  Lorena Bernal, San                CA               Survey............  Capture, handle,    New.
                           Diego, California.   Conservancy fairy                                         release, and
                                                shrimp                                                    collect vouchers.
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                conservatio),
                                                Longhorn
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                longiantenna),.
                                                San Diego
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                sandiegonensis),
                                                Riverside
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Streptocephalus
                                                woottoni),
                                                Vernal
                                                pool tadpole
                                                shrimp (Lepidurus
                                                packardi).
TE-237061...............  Daniel Chase, San     Tidewater   CA               Survey and collect  Capture, handle,    Renew.
                           Francisco,           goby                                  vouchers.           release, and
                           California.          (Eucyclogobius                                            collect vouchers.
                                                newberryi).
TE-012973...............  Ecorp Consulting,     San         CA               Survey............  Capture, handle,    Amend.
                           Rocklin,             Bernardino                                                and release.
                           California.          Merriam's kangaroo
                                                rat (Dipodomys
                                                merriami parvus).
TE-08086D...............  Santa Clara Valley    California  CA               Survey............  Survey............  New.
                           Water District,      clapper rail
                           San Jose,            (Rallus
                           California.          longirostris
                                                obsoletus).

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TE-41182B...............  Karen Pope, Arcata,   Sierra      CA               Survey and          Capture, handle,    Renew and Amend.
                           California.          Nevada yellow-                        research studies.   take skin swabs,
                                                legged frog (Rana                                         insert PIT tags,
                                                sierrae).                                                 collect vouchers,
                                                                                                          salvage, and test
                                                                                                          for disease.
TE-094893...............  Santa Barbara         Hoffmann's  CA               Remove/reduce to    Collect, bank       Renew and Amend.
                           Botanic Garden,      rock-cress (Arabis                    possession from     seeds.
                           Santa Barbara,       hoffmannii).                          lands under
                           California.          Santa Rosa                    Federal
                                                Island manzanita                      jurisdiction.
                                                (Arctostaphylos
                                                confertiflora).
                                                Marsh
                                                Sandwort (Arenaria
                                                paludicola)
                                                Clara
                                                Hunt's milk-vetch
                                                (Astragalus
                                                claranus)
                                                Ventura
                                                Marsh milk-vetch
                                                (Astragalus
                                                pycnostachyus var.
                                                lanosissimus)
                                                Braunton's
                                                milk-vetch
                                                (Astragalus
                                                brauntonii)
                                                Coastal
                                                dunes milk-vetch
                                                (Astragalus tener
                                                var. titi)
                                                Nevin's
                                                barberry (Berberis
                                                nevinii)
                                                Island
                                                Barberry (Berberis
                                                pinnata ssp.
                                                insularis)
                                                Tiburon
                                                paintbrush
                                                (Castilleja
                                                affinis ssp.
                                                neglecta)
                                                Soft-
                                                leaved paintbrush
                                                (Castilleja
                                                mollis)
                                                California
                                                jewelflower
                                                (Caulanthus
                                                californicus)
                                                Coyote
                                                ceanothus
                                                (Ceanothus
                                                ferrisiae)
                                                Catalina
                                                Island mountain-
                                                mahogany
                                                (Cercocarpus
                                                traskiae)
                                                Chorro
                                                Creek bog thistle
                                                (Cirsium fontinale
                                                var. obispoense)
                                                La
                                                Graciosa thistle
                                                (Cirsium
                                                loncholepis)
                                                Presidio
                                                clarkia (Clarkia
                                                franciscana)
                                                Vine Hill
                                                clarkia (Clarkia
                                                imbricata)
                                                Pismo
                                                clarkia (Clarkia
                                                speciosa ssp.
                                                immaculata)
                                                Soft
                                                bird's-beak
                                                (Cordylanthus
                                                mollis ssp.
                                                mollis)
                                                Salt marsh
                                                bird's-beak
                                                (Cordylanthus
                                                maritimus ssp.
                                                maritimus)
                                                Gaviota
                                                Tarplant
                                                (Deinandra
                                                increscens ssp.
                                                villosa)
                                                San
                                                Clemente Island
                                                larkspur
                                                (Delphinium
                                                variegatum ssp.
                                                kinkiense)
                                                Vandenberg
                                                monkeyflower
                                                (Diplacus
                                                vandenbergensis)
                                                Santa
                                                Clara Valley
                                                dudleya (Dudleya
                                                setchellii)

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                                                Santa
                                                Barbara Island
                                                liveforever
                                                (Dudleya traskiae)
                                                Kern
                                                mallow (Eremalche
                                                kernensis)
                                                Indian
                                                Knob mountainbalm
                                                (Eriodictyon
                                                altissimum)
                                                Lompoc
                                                yerba santa
                                                (Eriodictyon
                                                capitatum)
                                                Loch
                                                Lomond coyote
                                                thistle (Eryngium
                                                constancei)
                                                San Diego
                                                button-celery
                                                (Eryngium
                                                aristulatum var.
                                                parishii)
                                                Menzies'
                                                wallflower
                                                (Erysimum
                                                menziesii)
                                                Island
                                                bedstraw (Galium
                                                buxifolium)
                                                Monterey
                                                gilia (Gilia
                                                tenuiflora ssp.
                                                arenaria)
                                                Hoffmann's
                                                slender-flowered
                                                gilia (Gilia
                                                tenuiflora ssp.
                                                hoffmannii)
                                                Contra
                                                Costa goldfields
                                                (Lasthenia
                                                conjugens)
                                                Burke's
                                                goldfields
                                                (Lasthenia burkei)
                                                Beach
                                                layia (Layia
                                                carnosa)
                                                San
                                                Joaquin wooly-
                                                threads (Monolopia
                                                (=Lembertia)
                                                congdonii)
                                                Sebastopol
                                                meadowfoam
                                                (Limnanthes
                                                vinculans)
                                                San
                                                Clemente Island
                                                woodland-star
                                                (Lithophragma
                                                maximum)
                                                Nipomo
                                                Mesa lupine
                                                (Lupinus
                                                nipomensis)
                                                San
                                                Clemente Island
                                                bush-mallow
                                                (Malacothamnus
                                                clementinus)
                                                Santa Cruz
                                                Island bush-mallow
                                                (Malacothamnus
                                                fasciculatus var.
                                                nesioticus)
                                                Island
                                                malacothrix
                                                (Malacothrix
                                                squalida)
                                                Santa Cruz
                                                Island malacothrix
                                                (Malacothrix
                                                indecora)
                                               
                                                Bakersfield cactus
                                                (Opuntia
                                                treleasei)
                                                California
                                                Orcutt grass
                                                (Orcuttia
                                                californica)
                                                Lyon's
                                                pentachaeta
                                                (Pentachaeta
                                                lyonii)
                                                Island
                                                phacelia (Phacelia
                                                insularis ssp.
                                                insularis)
                                                Yadon's
                                                piperia (Piperia
                                                yadonii)
                                                Calistoga
                                                allocarya
                                                (Plagiobothrys
                                                strictus)

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                                                San Diego
                                                mesa-mint
                                                (Pogogyne
                                                abramsii)
                                                Otay mesa-
                                                mint (Pogogyne
                                                nudiuscula)
                                                Gambel's
                                                watercress
                                                (Rorippa
                                                gambellii)
                                                Santa Cruz
                                                Island rockcress
                                                (Sibara filifolia)
                                                Keck's
                                                Checker-mallow
                                                (Sidalcea keckii)
                                                California
                                                seablite (Suaeda
                                                californica)
                                                Santa Cruz
                                                Island fringepod
                                                (Thysanocarpus
                                                conchuliferus).
TE-797999...............  Merkel &                          CA               Survey............  Survey, Capture,    Renew.
                           Associates, Inc.,    Conservancy fairy                                         handle, release,
                           San Diego,           shrimp                                                    and collect
                           California.          (Branchinecta                                             vouchers.
                                                conservatio),
                                                Longhorn
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                longiantenna),.
                                                San Diego
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                sandiegonensis),
                                                Riverside
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Streptocephalus
                                                woottoni),
                                                Vernal
                                                pool tadpole
                                                shrimp (Lepidurus
                                                packardi),
                                               
                                                Southwestern
                                                willow flycatcher
                                                (Empidonax
                                                traillii extimus),
                                                Quino
                                                checkerspot
                                                butterfly
                                                (Euphydryas editha
                                                quino)
                                                Light-
                                                footed clapper
                                                rail (light-footed
                                                Ridgway's r.)
                                                (Rallus
                                                longirostris
                                                levipes) (R.
                                                obsoletus l.)
                                                Unarmored
                                                threespine
                                                stickleback
                                                (Gasterosteus
                                                aculeatus
                                                williamsoni)
                                                Tidewater
                                                goby
                                                (Eucyclogobius
                                                newberryi).
TE-11825D...............  Autumn Skimin,                    CA               Survey............  Capture, handle,    New.
                           Georgetown,          Conservancy fairy                                         release, and
                           California.          shrimp (&),                                               collect vouchers.
                                                Longhorn
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                longiantenna),.
                                                San Diego
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                sandiegonensis),
                                                Riverside
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Streptocephalus
                                                woottoni),
                                                Vernal
                                                pool tadpole
                                                shrimp (Lepidurus
                                                packardi).
TE-11840D...............  Josh Weinik, Long     El Segundo  CA               Survey............  Survey............  New.
                           Beach, California.   blue butterfly
                                                (Euphilotes
                                                battoides allyni),
                                                Palos
                                                Verdes blue
                                                butterfly
                                                (Glaucopsyche
                                                lygdamus
                                                palosverdesensis)..
TE-821967...............  Paul Galvin,                      CA, NV           Survey and nest     Survey, nest        Renew.
                           Irvine, California.  Conservancy fairy                     monitor.            monitor, Capture,
                                                shrimp                                                    handle, release,
                                                (Branchinecta                                             and collect
                                                conservatio),                                             vouchers.
                                                Longhorn
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                longiantenna),.
                                                San Diego
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Branchinecta
                                                sandiegonensis),

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                                                Riverside
                                                fairy shrimp
                                                (Streptocephalus
                                                woottoni),
                                                Vernal
                                                pool tadpole
                                                shrimp (Lepidurus
                                                packardi),
                                               
                                                Southwestern
                                                willow flycatcher
                                                (Empidonax
                                                traillii extimus),
                                                Least
                                                Bell's vireo
                                                (Vireo belli
                                                pusillus).
TE-05665B...............  Lisa Achter, Grass    California  CA               Survey............  Capture, handle,    Amend.
                           Valley, California.  tiger salamander                                          and release.
                                                (Sonoma County
                                                Distinct
                                                Population Segment
                                                (DPS)) (Ambystoma
                                                californiense).
TE-12771D...............  Lynn Sweet.........   Triple-     CA               Remove/reduce to    Collect tissue and  New.
                                                ribbed milk-vetch                     possession from     whole plants.
                                                (Astragalus                           lands under
                                                tricarinatus).                        Federal
                                                                                      jurisdiction.
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Public Availability of Comments

    Written comments we receive become part of the administrative 
record associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their 
entirety.

Next Steps

    If we decide to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in 
this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.

Authority

    We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Angela Picco,
Acting Chief of Ecological Services, Pacific Southwest Region, 
Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. 2019-02103 Filed 2-12-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4333-15-P