[Federal Register: March 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 58)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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 invite the public to comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before April 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager,
California/Nevada Operations Office (CNO), 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-
2606, Sacramento, California 95825 (telephone: 916-414-6464; fax: 916-
414-6486). Please refer to the respective permit number for each
application when submitting comments. All comments received, including
names and addresses, will become part of the official administrative
record and may be made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above CNO address, (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 pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (``we'') solicits review and comment from local, State, and
Federal agencies, and the public on the following permit requests.
Permit No. TE-141832
Applicant: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and
release) the shortnose sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and Lost River sucker
(Chasmistes brevirostris) in conjunction with surveys and demographic
studies in Klamath County, Oregon for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE-139634
Applicant: Thomas S. Liddicoat, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the vernal pool
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus wootoni), and the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-139628
Applicant: Garcia and Associates, San Francisco, California.
The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey,
capture, 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-141359
Applicant: Stephen M. Stringer, Folsom, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the vernal pool
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus wootoni), and the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-141366
Applicant: Department of Transportation, Eureka, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, and
release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction
with surveys for the purpose of enhancing their survival throughout the
range of the species in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino Counties,
California.
Permit No. TE-020548
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division,
Vallejo, California.
The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture; handle; mark;
attach transmitters; collect blood, feathers, and diet samples; and
collect eggs) the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in
conjunction with contaminants research throughout the range of the
species in California and Arizona for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE-142435
Applicant: Debra Shier, Topanga, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
mark, telemetry, translocate) the pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus
longimembris pacificus) in conjunction with ecological research and
surveys within the boundaries of Camp Pendleton, California for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
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We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Our practice is to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which
we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment, but you should
be aware that we may be required to disclose your name and address
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Comments
and materials received will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
Dated: January 12, 2007.
Darrin Thome,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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