[Federal Register: February 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 41)]
[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-R-ES-2008-N0038; 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 31, 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)
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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-174276
Applicant: Bio Spatial Solutions, LLC, Elk Grove, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (capture, collect,
kill, and hatch cysts) 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.
Permit No. TE-174305
Applicant: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vandenberg AFB, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, locate, and
monitor nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus); take
(survey, capture, and release) the unarmored threespine stickleback
(Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) and tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius
newberryi); take (survey by pursuit) the El Segundo Blue butterfly
(Euphilotes battoides allyni), and remove/remove to possession the
Rorippa gambellii (Gambel's watercress), Hemizonia increscens ssp.
villosa (Gaviota tarplant), Layia carnosa (Beach layia), Eriodictyon
capitatum (Lompoc Yerba Santa), and Cirsium loncholepis (La Graciosa
thistle) from Federal lands, in conjunction with surveys and population
monitoring throughout Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-058073
Applicant: Susan Christopher, Santa Margarita, 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-172629
Applicant: Christina Sloop, Santa Rosa, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to remove/remove to possession
the Limnanthes floccosa ssp. Californica (Butte County meadowfoam),
Limnanthes vinculans (Sebastopol meadowfoam), Lasthenia burkei (Burke's
goldfields), and Plennosperma bakeri (Sonoma sunshine) from federal
lands in conjunction with genetic sampling for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-122602
Applicant: Joseph B. Platt, Irvine, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California and Arizona, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-875386
Applicant: California Cooperative Research Unit, Arcata, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to remove/remove to possession
the Amsinckia grandiflora (Large flowered fiddleneck), Cordylanthus
mollis spp. mollis (Soft bird's beak), Erysimum captitatum ssp.
angustatum (Contra Costa wallflower), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa
goldfields), Oenthera deltoids ssp. howelii, (Antioch Dunes evening
primrose), Orcuttia tenuis, (Slender orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida,
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), and Tuctoria mucronata, (Solano grass) from
federal lands in conjunction with botanical surveys for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-175385
Applicant: Ammon M. Rice, Roseville, 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 packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range
of each species in California, for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE-108093
Applicant: Daniele Tannourji, Santa Cruz, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to remove/remove to possession
the Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields) from federal lands in
conjunction with botanical surveys and germination studies 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 25, 2008.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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