[Federal Register: February 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 30)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2008-N0022; 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 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 March 14, 2008.
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. 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, 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 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.
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-815214
Applicant: Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, Arroyo
Grande, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (salvage, replace, and
transfer non-viable eggs) the California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum
browni) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring in San
Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California, for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-170381
Applicant: William F. Stagnaro, San Francisco, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
mark, and monitor) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis
tetrataenia), and the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring
activities throughout the range of each species in California, for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-084606
Applicant: David F. Moskovitz, Diamond Bar, California.
The applicant requests an amendment 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
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packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each
species in California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-170389
Applicant: Travis B. Cooper, San Juan Capistrano, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and nest
monitor) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys and monitoring throughout the range of each
species in California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-004939
Applicant: Gordon F. Pratt, Riverside, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, release,
remove from the wild, and captive breed) the El Segundo Blue butterfly
(Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction with genetic research at
Vandenberg Air Force base, Santa Barbara County, California, for the
purposes of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-170403
Applicant: Melissa A. Amarello, Carbondale, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
mark, and monitor) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis
tetrataenia) in conjunction with population monitoring and research
activities at the Cloverdale Ranch, San Mateo County, California, for
the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-795930
Applicant: Helm Biological Consulting, Lincoln, California.
The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, 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-168282
Applicant: Normandeau Associates, Inc., Stevenson Washington.
The permittee request a permit to take (harass by survey) the
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
in conjunction with surveys and backwater inventories along the lower
Colorado river in Imperial County, California, for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-170681
Applicant: Stanley C. Spencer, Riverside, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) and Delhi sands
flower loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis), and 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 surveys throughout the
range of each species in California, for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE-053085
Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Navada.
The permittee request a permit to take (harass by survey,
electroshock, capture, collect, mark, transport, captive rear, captive
propagate, reintroduce) the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and
bonytail chub (Gila elegans) in conjunction with surveys, population
monitoring, and research along the Colorado river in Clark County,
Nevada, and San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial County, California,
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
We solicit 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.
Dated: February 6, 2008.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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