[Federal Register: July 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N147; 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 August 20, 2009.
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-217119
Applicant: Carie M. Wingert, San Luis Obispo, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
California least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni), and 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 studies throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-785148
Applicant: AMEC Earth and Environmental, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (August
28, 2001, 66 FR 45322) to take (harass by survey, and locate/monitor
nests) the California least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni) in
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring studies throughout
the range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-214148
Applicant: Patrick W. Del Pizzo, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and
locate/monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna Antillarum
browni) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring studies
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-217402
Applicant: Julie M. Love, Santa Barbara, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, and
release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction
with surveys and population monitoring throughout the range of the
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-217401
Applicant: Cristina V. Slaughter, Santa Barbara, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, and
release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) and Arroyo
southwestern (Bufo microscaphus californicus) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring throughout the range of each species
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-781084
Applicant: Anita M. Hayworth, Encinitas, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March
15, 1996, 61 FR 10779) to take (capture, collect, and kill) the
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), 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-217663
Applicant: Ann M. Dalkey, Redondo Beach, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) in conjunction with
surveys throughout the range of each species within the jurisdiction of
the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, in California, for the purpose
of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-802450
Applicant: Arthur E. Davenport, Barstow, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 8,
1995, 60 FR 30314) to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in conjunction with surveys
throughout
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the range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-036499
Applicant: National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
Santa Barbara, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
12, 2001, 66 FR 9877) to take (translocate) the tidewater goby
(Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction with restoration and
population monitoring throughout the range of the species in California
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-218630
Applicant: Irena M. Mendez, Santa Monica, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the El
Segundo Blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction
with surveys and population monitoring throughout the range of the
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-045153
Applicant: Dustin S. Janeke, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys; 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-175386
Applicant: USGS, California Cooperative Research Unit, Arcata,
California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (August
13, 2008, 73 FR 47206) to take (survey, capture, handle, release,
remove from wild and kill) the Lost river sucker (Deltistes luxatus) in
conjunction with surveys, research, and demographic studies in Klamath
County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-219638
Applicant: Angela M. Calderaro, Rancho Cordova, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in conjunction with surveys; 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 and research throughout the range
of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their
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.
Dated: July 15, 2009.
Diane Elam,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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