79388 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 243 / Monday, December 20, 2010 / Notices 

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–776608 

Applicant: Monk and Associates 

Incorporated, Walnut Creek, California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (October 7, 2002, 

67 FR 62492) to take (install and remove 

egg laying substrates within occupied 

habitat) the California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense) in 

conjunction with research throughout 

the range of the species in California for 

the purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–29522A 

Applicant: Kenneth L. Gilliland, 

Ventura, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey, locate and monitor nests, 

population monitor, collect carcasses 

and infertile eggs) the California least 

tern (Sterna antillarum browni) and take 

(monitor nests, collect carcasses and 

infertile eggs) the least Bell’s vireo 

(Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction 

with surveys and population monitoring 

activities at the Guadalupe Restoration 

Project, San Luis Obispo County, 

California, for the purpose of enhancing 

their survival. 

Permit No. TE–082908 

Applicant: Melanie S. Rocks, 

Woodland, California. 

The applicant requests a permit 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), and take (survey by pursuit) 

the Quino checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino) in 

conjunction with survey activities 

throughout the range of each species in 

California for the purpose of enhancing 

their 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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31907 Filed 12–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–MB–2010–N281; 91200–1231– 

9BPP–L2] 

Service Regulations Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

(hereinafter Service) will conduct an 

open meeting on February 2, 2011, to 

identify and discuss preliminary issues 

concerning the 2011–12 migratory bird 

hunting regulations. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 2, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The Service Regulations 

Committee will meet at the Embassy 

Suites Hotel, Denver—International 

Airport, 7001 Yampa Street, Denver, CO 

80249; (303) 574–3000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chief, Division of Migratory Bird 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Department of the Interior, ms4107–ARLSQ, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; (703) 358–1714. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712), the Service 

regulates the hunting of migratory game 

birds. We update the migratory game 

bird hunting regulations, located at 50 

CFR part 20, annually. Through these 

regulations, we establish the 

frameworks, or outside limits, for season 

lengths, bag limits, and areas for 

migratory game bird hunting. To help us 

in this process, we have 

administratively divided the nation into 

four Flyways (Atlantic, Mississippi, 

Central, and Pacific), each of which has 

a Flyway Council. Representatives from 

the Service, the Service’s Migratory Bird 

Regulations Committee, and Flyway 

Council Consultants will meet on 

February 2, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. to identify 

preliminary issues concerning the 2011– 

12 migratory bird hunting regulations 

for discussion and review by the Flyway 

Councils at their March meetings. 

In accordance with Department of the 

Interior (hereinafter Department) policy 

regarding meetings of the Service 

Regulations Committee attended by any 

person outside the Department, these 

meetings are open to public observation. 

Dated: December 14, 2010. 

Jerome Ford, 

Acting Assistant Director, Migratory Birds, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31873 Filed 12–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Record of Decision 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Record of Decision on the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement/South 

Florida and Caribbean Parks Exotic 

Plant Management Plan. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR part 1500–1508), the Department of 

the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) 

has prepared and approved a Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

EIS) for the South Florida and Caribbean 

Parks Exotic Plant Management Plan. 

The nine parks included in this Plan 

are: Big Cypress National Preserve, 

Biscayne National Park, Canaveral 

National Seashore, Dry Tortugas 

National Park, Everglades National Park, 

Buck Island Reef National Monument, 

Christiansted National Historic Site, Salt 

River Bay National Historic Park and 

Ecological Preserve, and Virgin Islands 

National Park. 

The ROD documents the decision by 

the NPS to implement Alternative C 

(New Framework for Exotic Plant 

management: Increased Planning, 

Monitoring, and Mitigation, with an 

Emphasis on Active Restoration of 

Native Plants) as the selected action for 

the South Florida and Caribbean Parks 

Exotic Plant Management Plan. 

Alternative C was also identified in the 

Final EIS as the environmentally 

preferable alternative. 

The selected action is necessary to 

promote restoration of native species 

and habitat conditions in ecosystems 

that have been invaded by exotic plants 

and to protect park resources and values 

from adverse effects resulting from 

exotic plant presence and control 

activities. The intended effects or 

objectives of this action are to: 

• Establish priorities for exotic plants 

to be treated and treatment locations in 

parks; 


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