[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3279-3280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1189]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2012-N0002; FXES11130100000F5-123-FF01E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications for recovery permits to conduct
enhancement of survival activities with endangered species. The
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities
with endangered species unless a Federal permit allows such activity.
The Act also requires that we invite public comment before issuing such
permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
February 22, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Endangered Species Program Manager, Ecological Services,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th
Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. Please refer to the permit number for
the application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Canterbury, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-2071) or fax
(503-231-6243).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such
activity. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits,
and requires that we invite public comment before issuing these
permits.
A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of propagation
or survival, or interstate commerce. Our regulations implementing
section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following applications. Please refer to the appropriate
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
Documents and other information submitted with these applications
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit Number: TE-61798A
Applicant: David Monnin, Terra Science, Inc., Portland, Oregon
The applicant requests a new permit to take (collect individuals
and cysts) the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and
remove and reduce to possession (harvest seed) Lomatium cookii (Cook's
lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (large-flowered
woolly meadowfoam) in conjunction with monitoring and population
studies in Jackson County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-054395
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Medford, Oregon
The permittee requests an amendment to an existing permit to remove
and reduce to possession (collect and cultivate plants, plant parts,
and seed) Lomatium cookii (Cook's lomatium) in conjunction with
recovery efforts in
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Jackson County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival. The permit previously covered removal and reduction to
possession of Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner's fritillary), for which a
notice was published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2002 (67 FR
37855).
Permit Number: TE-61788A
Applicant: Kyle Van Houtan, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Honolulu, Hawaii
The applicant requests a new permit to take (tag, tissue sample,
collect biotelemetry data) the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and
hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in conjunction with
monitoring and population studies on Pacific islands nesting beaches
(Midway Atoll, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, Howland
Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, American Samoa, Guam,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hawaii) for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-63568A
Applicant: Jason Clinch, Terra Science, Inc., Portland, Oregon
The applicant requests a new permit to take (collect individuals
and cysts) the vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and
remove and reduce to possession (harvest seed) Lomatium cookii (Cook's
lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (large-flowered
woolly meadowfoam) in conjunction with monitoring and population
studies in Jackson County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we receive in response to this request
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.).
Dated: January 13, 2012.
Richard R. Hannan,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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