[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6490-6491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2425]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2011-N021; 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 March 7, 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-31042A
Applicant: Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas.
The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, seine, capture,
handle, fin clip, release, collect, transport, and captive breed) the
Owens tui chub (Siphateles bicolor snyderi) in conjunction with
surveys, genetic research, and captive breeding experiments in Inyo and
Mono Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-30656A
Applicant: James E. Berrian, 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-30659A
Applicant: Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Menlo Park,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
collect, translocate, and release) the Mission Blue butterfly (Icaricia
icarioides missionensis) in conjunction with translocation activities
from San Bruno Mountain, San Mateo County, to Twin Peaks Natural Area,
San Francisco County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-233367
Applicant: Laura E. Gorman, Redondo Beach, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December
16, 2009, 74 FR 66668) to take (harass by survey) the southwestern
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring activities throughout the range of
the species in California and Nevada for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-31406A
Applicant: California State Parks, Channel Coast District, Ventura,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, locate and monitor
nests, install fence, population monitor, and collect carcasses) the
California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring activities at the McGrath State Beach
and Mandalay State Beach, Ventura County, California, for the purpose
of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-798003
Applicant: North State Resources, Redding, California.
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The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
22, 2000, 65 FR 8731) to take (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-32399A
Applicant: Judson D. Sechrist, Denver, Colorado.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, collect,
transport, and kill) the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the
shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) in conjunction with
research, entrainment minimization studies, and testing effectiveness
of non-physical fish barriers in Klamath County, Oregon, for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-170381
Applicant: William F. Stagnaro, San Francisco, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December
16, 2009, 74 FR 66668) to take (collect tissue samples) the California
tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with genetic
studies throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its 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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