[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20004-20006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8509]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2011-N070; 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 May 11, 2011.
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-210235
Applicant: Matthew W. McDonald, Idyllwild, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit
(September 1, 2010, 75 FR 53708) to take (harass by survey) the
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-36500A
Applicant: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, band,
locate and monitor nests, and population monitor) the least Bell's
vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys and
population monitoring activities in Ventura County, California, for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
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Permit No. TE-820658
Applicant: AECOM, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
3, 1997, 62 FR 5030) to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino); take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, relocate, and release) the unarmored threespine stickleback
(Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni); take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense), the Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides
nitratoides), giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), and Pacific pocket
mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus); and take (locate and
monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni),
light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes), and Yuma
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring activities throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-062907
Applicant: Forde Biological Consultants, Camarillo, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March
20, 2007, 72 FR 13121) to take (harass by survey, capture, handle,
measure, and release) the arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) and
mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) in conjunction with surveys
and population monitoring activities throughout the range of each
species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-045994
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division,
Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego Field Station, San Diego,
California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 14,
2010, 75 FR 33633) to take (trap, capture, handle, take biological
samples, attach transmitters, and release) the arroyo toad (Anaxyrus
californicus) and take (apply hormone treatments, conduct
cryopreservation activities, augment populations, and remove infertile
eggs) the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) in conjunction
with surveys, population monitoring, reproductive analysis, and genetic
activities throughout the range of each species in California for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-005535
Applicant: Gilbert O. Goodlit, Ridgecrest, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (May 1,
2009, 74 FR 202337) 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 the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-38413A
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center,
Henderson Field Station, Henderson, Nevada, California.
The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession the
Eureka Valley dune grass (Swallenia alexandrae) and Eureka Dunes
evening primrose (Oenothera californica) in conjunction with population
monitoring, germination, and growth studies from Eureka Valley within
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-034293
Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (November
15, 2000, 65 FR 69043) to take (survey, electrofish, measure, collect
biological samples, assess health, PIT tag, salvage, transport, hold in
captivity, translocate, release, display, and kill) the Lost River
sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the shortnose sucker (Chasmistes
brevirostris) in conjunction with research involving distribution and
abundance, die off, entrainment and genetic studies in Klamath County,
Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-212445
Applicant: Robert A. Schell, San Rafael, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (May 1,
2009, 74 FR 202337) to take (survey, capture, handle, collect
biological samples, and release) the California tiger salamander
(Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with genetic analysis
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-066455
Applicant: Scot A. Chandler, Murrieta, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (January
31, 2003, 68 FR 5037) 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 survey activities throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-37418A
Applicant: William T. Bean, Berkeley, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, mark,
release, and recapture) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) in
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring studies at the
Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area in eastern San Benito and western Fresno
Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-807078
Applicant: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Petaluma, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (May 1,
2009, 73 FR 20337) to take (locate and monitor nests) the California
least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with population
monitoring activities throughout the range of the species in California
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-38475A
Applicant: Jeffrey M. Lemm, Poway, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, trap, capture,
handle, implant tags, collect, take biological samples, transport,
release, captive rear, captive breed, augment populations, and release
to unoccupied sites) the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) in
conjunction with surveys, population monitoring, captive breeding,
reproductive analysis, and genetic activities throughout the range of
the species in California for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-166393
Applicant: Pete C. Trenham, Bellingham, Washington.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (November
6, 2007, 72 FR 62669) to take (survey, capture, handle, identify,
measure, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in
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conjunction with conducting focused training seminars in occupied
habitat throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-195305
Applicant: Andres Aguilar, Merced, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (October
29, 2008, 73 FR 64360) to take (capture, collect, and kill) the
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), in conjunction with surveys and
genetic research Contra Costa, Glenn, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Solano,
Stanislaus, and Ventura Counties, California, for the purpose of
enhancing the species' 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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