[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 185 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49008-49009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23195]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N199; 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 October 26, 2009.

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-221294

Applicant: Michael J. Galloway, 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-053598

Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 4, 
2002, 67 FR 16114) 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-227185

Applicant: Andrew B. Eastty, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey and 
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli 
extimus) and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly 
(Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring throughout the range of the species in California; Lincoln 
County, Nevada; Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, La Paz and Maricopa 
Counties in Arizona; Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero, Eddy, Lea, Sierra, 
Socorro and Lincoln Counties, New Mexico; and El Paso, Hudspeth, 
Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and Brewster Counties in Texas for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-221295

Applicant: Angelica Mendoza, San Bernardino, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with surveys within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San 
Bernardino National Forest, Riverside County, California for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-221411

Applicant: The Center for Natural Lands Management, Fallbrook, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); take (harass by survey and 
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli 
extimus); take (capture, handle, and release) the giant kangaroo rat 
(Dipodomys ingens), Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides 
nitratoides) and San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami 
parvus); take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly 
(Euphydryas editha quino); and 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) in conjunction with surveys and or nest monitoring activities 
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-095858

Applicant: Arianne B. Preite, Anaheim Hills, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December 
8, 2004, 69 FR 71070) to take (harass by survey) the light footed 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) in conjunction with surveys 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-225938

Applicant: Frank R. Dittmer, 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-185595

Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 27, 
2008, 73 FR 36552) to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and 
release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in 
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring

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throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-225970

Applicant: Charlotte M. Marks, Sacramento, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring 
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-225974

    Applicant: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Los Altos, 
California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
release, and conduct habitat enhancement activities) the San Francisco 
garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in conjunction with population 
monitoring and habitat enhancement activities in San Mateo County, 
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-073205

Applicant: Cristina P. Sandoval, Goleta, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit, which we 
granted May 26, 2005, for a Federally threatened species. The original 
permit allowed the applicant to take (harass by survey, locate and 
monitor nests, erect nest exclosures, collect and incubate eggs that 
are abandoned and/or in danger of predation, captive-rear chicks, and 
release them into the wild) the western snowy plover (Charadrius 
alexandrinus nivosus) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring activities at the Coal Point Reserve in Santa Barbara 
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival. The 
applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, locate, population 
monitor, place decoys, and play taped vocalizations) the California 
least tern (Sterna antilluarum browni) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring activities at the Coal Point Reserve in Santa 
Barbara County, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-117947

Applicant: Kevin B. Clark, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 
13, 2006, 71 FR 7563) 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) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-227263

Applicant: Emilie A. Strauss, San Rafael, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction 
with surveys and population monitoring studies throughout the range of 
the species in California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-795930

    Applicant: Helm Biological Consulting, Lincoln, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 
16, 1996, 61 FR 6253) to take (collect soil containing Federally listed 
fairy shrimp cysts, translocate, and inoculate cysts into restored 
vernal pools) 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 vernal pool restoration and 
population enhancement 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.

    Dated: September 21, 2009.
Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E9-23195 Filed 9-24-09; 8:45 am]
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