[Federal Register: May 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 84)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2010-N089; 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 June 2, 2010.
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-825573
Applicant: Brian L. Cypher, Bakersfield, California.
The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession
Opuntia treleasei (Bakersfield cactus) from Federal lands in
conjunction with botanical surveys, voucher, and genetic research
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-097516
Applicant: Thomas P. Ryan, Pasadena, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March
20, 2007, 72 FR 13121) to take (collect and remove from the wild dead
and abandoned eggs, color band; and capture, attach/remove geolocators,
monitor, recapture) the California least tern (Sterna Antillarum
browni) in conjunction with population monitoring and research
throughout the range of the species in Los Angeles County, California,
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-007907
Applicant: United States Geological Survey, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March
25, 1999, 64 FR 14458) to take (capture, transport, and release) the
Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the shortnose sucker
(Chasmistes brevirostrum) in conjunction with surveys, population
monitoring and life history studies throughout the range of the species
in Klamath and Lake Counties, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-054011
Applicant: John F. Green, Riverside, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December
16, 2008, 73 FR 76375) 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 and population monitoring
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-07064A
Applicant: Wesley K. Savage, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
measure, photograph, collect tissue, and release) the Santa Cruz long-
toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) and California tiger
salamander (Ambystoma californiense); and take (survey, capture,
handle, collect tissue, and release) the callippe silverspot butterfly
(Speyeria callippe callippe) in conjunction with surveys, population
monitoring, and genetic research throughout the range of each species
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-004939
Applicant: Gordon F. Pratt, Riverside, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (January
31, 2003, 68 FR 5037) to take (collect voucher specimens of newly
discovered populations) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas
editha quino), Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus
palosverdesensis), lotis blue butterfly (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis),
El Segundo blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni), and the Laguna Mountains
skipper (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae) 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-07981A
Applicant: Bruce J. Turner, Eggleston, Virginia.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
release, collect, and sacrifice) the Ash meadows pupfish (Cyprinodon
nevadensis mionectes) and Warm springs pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis
pectoralis) in conjunction with scientific research in Nye County,
Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-166383
Applicant: Michael Westphal, Hollister, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (November
6, 2007, 72 FR 62669) to take (survey, capture, handle, tail clip, and
release) the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gamelia silus) in conjunction
with surveys and genetic research throughout the range of the species
in San Benito and Fresno Counties, California, for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-097845
Applicant: ManTech SRS Technologies Incorporated, Lompoc, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 27,
2008, 73 FR 36552), to extend the currently authorized geographic area
and take (harass by survey, capture, handle, release, collect, and
sacrifice) the
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unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni)
in conjunction with surveys and genetic research within Santa Barbara
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-213726
Applicant: Joelle J. Fournier, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (July 7,
2009, 74 FR 32179) to take (handle, band, and remove from the wild dead
eggs, chicks, adults, feathers and hatched membranes) the California
least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni) in conjunction with population
monitoring and research at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, San Diego
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-09371A
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in Clark,
Lincoln and Nye Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-09389A
Applicant: Michelle E. Giolli, Berkeley, California.
The applicant requests a permit 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 and population
monitoring throughout the range of each species in California for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-09381A
Applicant: Billy G. Williams, Santa Barbara, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and
release) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) 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-09375A
Applicant: Laura Ann Eliassen, Bradley, California.
The applicant requests a permit 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 and population
monitoring 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.
Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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