[Federal Register: September 25, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N199; 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 October 26, 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-221294
Applicant: Michael J. Galloway, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-053598
Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 4,
2002, 67 FR 16114) to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-227185
Applicant: Andrew B. Eastty, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey and
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli
extimus) and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys and population
monitoring throughout the range of the species in California; Lincoln
County, Nevada; Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, La Paz and Maricopa
Counties in Arizona; Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero, Eddy, Lea, Sierra,
Socorro and Lincoln Counties, New Mexico; and El Paso, Hudspeth,
Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and Brewster Counties in Texas for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-221295
Applicant: Angelica Mendoza, San Bernardino, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San
Bernardino National Forest, Riverside County, California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-221411
Applicant: The Center for Natural Lands Management, Fallbrook,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); take (harass by survey and
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli
extimus); take (capture, handle, and release) the giant kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys ingens), Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides
nitratoides) and San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami
parvus); take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha quino); 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 or nest monitoring activities
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-095858
Applicant: Arianne B. Preite, Anaheim Hills, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December
8, 2004, 69 FR 71070) to take (harass by survey) the light footed
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-225938
Applicant: Frank R. Dittmer, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-185595
Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 27,
2008, 73 FR 36552) to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and
release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring
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throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-225970
Applicant: Charlotte M. Marks, Sacramento, 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 population monitoring
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-225974
Applicant: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Los Altos,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
release, and conduct habitat enhancement activities) the San Francisco
garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in conjunction with population
monitoring and habitat enhancement activities in San Mateo County,
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-073205
Applicant: Cristina P. Sandoval, Goleta, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit, which we
granted May 26, 2005, for a Federally threatened species. The original
permit allowed the applicant to take (harass by survey, locate and
monitor nests, erect nest exclosures, collect and incubate eggs that
are abandoned and/or in danger of predation, captive-rear chicks, and
release them into the wild) the western snowy plover (Charadrius
alexandrinus nivosus) in conjunction with surveys and population
monitoring activities at the Coal Point Reserve in Santa Barbara
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival. The
applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, locate, population
monitor, place decoys, and play taped vocalizations) the California
least tern (Sterna antilluarum browni) in conjunction with surveys and
population monitoring activities at the Coal Point Reserve in Santa
Barbara County, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-117947
Applicant: Kevin B. Clark, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
13, 2006, 71 FR 7563) 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
packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each
species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-227263
Applicant: Emilie A. Strauss, San Rafael, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) 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-795930
Applicant: Helm Biological Consulting, Lincoln, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
16, 1996, 61 FR 6253) to take (collect soil containing Federally listed
fairy shrimp cysts, translocate, and inoculate cysts into restored
vernal pools) 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 vernal pool restoration and
population enhancement activities 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: September 21, 2009.
Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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