[Federal Register: July 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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 August 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager,
California/Nevada Operations Office (CNO), 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-
2606, Sacramento, California, 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, at the above CNO address, (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) 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-154960
Applicant: James P. Henke, Galt, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the vernal pool
tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus wootoni), and the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-154963
Applicant: Robert K. Bates, San Clemente, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
Coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California, and
take (harass by survey) the Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax
traillii extimus) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of
the species in California, Arizona, and Nevada, for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-154966
Applicant: Stewart Reid, Ashland, Oregon
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
collect biological samples and voucher specimens, salvage and relocate,
pit tag, and release) the Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps) in
conjunction with surveys and demographic studies in Lassen and Modoc
Counties, California, and Lake County, Oregon for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-040239
Applicant: SWCA Environmental Consultants, Salt Lake City, Utah
The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys in Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-045994
Applicant: United States Geological Survey, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
mark, collect biological samples, and release) the pacific pocket mouse
(Perognathus longimembris pacificus) in conjunction with ecological
research and surveys within San Diego and Orange Counties, California
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-103595
Applicant: Greg A. Lomnicky, Corvallis, California
The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture and
translocate) the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the
shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) in conjunction with salvage
in Klamath County, Oregon for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-155721
Applicant: Margaret Sherriffs, Davis, California
The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction
with surveys in Sonoma, Napa, Solano, and Contra Costa Counties,
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-157291
Applicant: National Park Service, Paicines, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture; mark; collect
blood and feathers; captive rear; and release) the California condor
(Gymnogyps califonianus) in conjunction with ecological research and
other life history studies throughout the range of the species in San
Benito, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Fresno, and San Luis Counties, California
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
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Permit No. TE-157199
Applicant: Julie Stout, San Diego, California
The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey and
monitor) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in
conjunction with surveys and other life history studies throughout the
range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-157216
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
and mark) the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis
tetrataenia) in conjunction with surveys and monitoring activities
throughout the range of the species in California, for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-157221
Applicant: University of California, Berkley, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and
release) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys engens) in conjunction with
surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Our practice is to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which
we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment, but you should
be aware that we may be required to disclose your name and address
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Comments
and materials received will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
Dated: July 17, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, Sacramento,
California.
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