[Federal Register: December 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 240)]
[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 January 14, 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.
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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) 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-168924
Applicant: Jeff E. Gurule, North Fork, 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 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-168923
Applicant: Randall L. Stringer, Carmichael, 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 Riverside fairy
shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), 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-043630
Applicant: San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, California
The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction
with ecological research in San Francisco, Contra Costa, Sacramento,
Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties for the purpose of enhancing
its survival.
Permit No. TE-066621
Applicant: Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Point Mugu,
California.
The permittee requests and amendment to take (harass by survey) the
light footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) and take (band
chicks) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring at Naval Base
Ventura County Point Mugu, California, for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-110373
Applicant: Eric F. Kline, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment 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-168927
Applicant: Drew C. Stokes, San Diego, California.
The permittee requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, tag, collect tissue, mark by toe-clipping, and release) the
arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-839480
Applicant: Richard Zembal, Laguna Hills, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey and
monitor) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in
conjunction with population monitoring and other life history studies
in Orange County California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-168926
Applicant: Kailash K. Mozumder, Encinitas, 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-168957
Applicant: Virginia M. VonBerg, San Luis Obispo, 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 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-142435
Applicant: Debra Shier, Topanga, California.
The applicant requests an amenment to take (capture, handle, mark,
translocate, and release) the Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys
stephensi) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring
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. 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: December 10, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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