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functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) Enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond; including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

C. Authority 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. 

Daniel Ballard, 

Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2023–N080; 

FXES11130800000–234–FF08E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Receipt of Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received 

applications for permits to conduct 

activities intended to enhance the 

propagation or survival of endangered 

or threatened species under the 

Endangered Species Act. We invite the 

public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies to comment on these 

applications. Before issuing any of the 

requested permits, we will take into 

consideration any information that we 

receive during the public comment 

period. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before November 6, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability and 

comment submission: Submit requests 

for copies of the applications and 

related documents and submit any 

comments by one of the following 

methods. All requests and comments 

should specify the applicant name(s) 

and application number(s) (e.g., 

XXXXXX or PER0001234). 

• Email: permitsR8ES@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Susie Tharratt, Regional 

Recovery Permit Coordinator, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Room W–2606, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susie Tharratt, via phone at 916–414– 

6561, or via email at permitsR8ES@

fws.gov. Individuals in the United States 

who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, 

or have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on applications 

for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

The requested permits would allow the 

applicants to conduct activities 

intended to promote recovery of species 

that are listed as endangered or 

threatened under the ESA. 

Background 

With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits activities that constitute take 

of listed species unless a Federal permit 

is issued that allows such activity. The 

ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such 

activities as pursuing, harassing, 

trapping, capturing, or collecting, in 

addition to hunting, shooting, harming, 

wounding, or killing. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 

authorizes the permittee to conduct 

activities with endangered or threatened 

species for scientific purposes that 

promote recovery or for enhancement of 

propagation or survival of the species. 

These activities often include such 

prohibited actions as capture and 

collection. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for 

these permits are found in the Code of 

Federal Regulations 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. 

Permit Applications Available for 

Review and Comment 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

Accordingly, we invite local, State, 

Tribal, and Federal agencies and the 

public to submit written data, views, or 

arguments with respect to these 

applications. The comments and 

recommendations that will be most 

useful and likely to influence agency 

decisions are those supported by 

quantitative information or studies. 

Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

799568 ................ Dana Kamada, San 

Clemente, California.

Southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus) 

Least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii 

pusillus).

CA ...................... Survey, locate and 

monitor nests; remove brown-headed 

cowbird chicks and 

eggs from 

parasitized nests; 

capture, handle, 

measure, weigh, 

band, color-band, 

and release.

Renew. 

08086D ............... Santa Clara Valley 

Water District, San 

Jose, California.

California Ridgway’s rail (Rallus 

obsoletus obsoletus).

CA ...................... Survey using recorded 

vocalizations.

Renew. 

200339 ................ Sarah Foster, Sacramento, California.California Ridgway’s rail (Rallus 

obsoletus obsoletus) California 

tiger salamander (Ambystoma 

californiense), Sonoma County 

and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey using recorded 

vocalizations; survey, capture, handle, and release.

Renew. 


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Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

74785A ................ Barry Nerhus, Fullerton, California.light-footed Ridgway’s rail (Rallus 

obsoletus levipes).

CA ...................... Survey using recorded 

vocalizations.

Renew. 

77123D ............... Pim Laulikitnont-Lee, 

San Francisco, California.

California Ridgway’s rail (Rallus 

obsoletus obsoletus).

CA ...................... Survey using recorded 

vocalizations.

Amend 

PER4319410 ....... Tito Abbo, Riverside, 

California.

Del Mar manzanita 

(Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. 

crassifolia).

CA ...................... Remove and reduce 

to possession.

New. 

073205 ................ Cristina Sandoval, 

Goleta, California.

California least tern (Sternula 

antillarum browni).

CA ...................... Survey, locate and 

monitor nests; use 

decoys; and play recorded vocalizations.

Renew. 

053598 ................ Nicole Kimball, 

Twentynine Palms, 

California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis) Quino 

checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

039640 ................ Kristopher Alberts, 

Carlsbad, California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis) Southwestern 

willow flycatcher (Empidonax 

traillii extimus) Quino 

checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino).

CA, NV ............... Survey, survey using 

recorded vocalizations, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

051248 ................ Paul Lemons, San 

Diego, California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis) Southwestern 

willow flycatcher (Empidonax 

traillii extimus) Quino 

checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino).

CA ...................... Survey, survey using 

recorded vocalizations, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

053379 ................ Christine Tischer, Orange, California.California least tern (Sternula 

antillarum browni) Conservancy 

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

conservatio) Least Bell’s vireo 

(Vireo bellii pusillus) Longhorn 

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

longiantenna) Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 

packardi) Riverside fairy shrimp 

(Streptocephalus woottoni) San 

Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis) 

Quino checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino).

CA ...................... Survey, locate and 

monitor nests, capture, handle, release, collect adult 

vouchers, and collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew and 

amend. 

082237 ................ California State Parks, 

San Luis Obispo 

Coast District, San 

Simeon, California.

Morro Bay kangaroo rat 

(Dipodomys heermanni 

morroensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.Renew. 


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Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

PER4316473 ....... Scott Lindemann, 

Oakland, California.

California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense) 

Sonoma County and Santa 

Barbara County distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.New. 

PER0004121 ....... Mulligan Biological 

Consulting, San 

Diego, California.

Quino checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino) San 

Diego ambrosia (Ambrosia 

pumila).

CA ...................... Pursue and remove 

and reduce to possession.

Renew and 

amend. 

83958B ................ Jared Elia, Concord, 

California.

California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense) 

Sonoma County and Santa 

Barbara County distinct population segments Conservancy 

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

conservatio) Longhorn fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

longiantenna) Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 

packardi) Riverside fairy shrimp 

(Streptocephalus woottoni) San 

Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, and 

collect adult vouchers.

Renew. 

02474D ............... Gaylene Tupen, Lincoln, California.Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, and 

collect adult vouchers.

Renew. 

PER4319678 ....... Bret Robinson, San 

Luis Obispo, California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, and 

collect adult vouchers.

New. 

99114C ............... RES Environmental 

Operating Company, LLC, Sacramento, California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA, OR ............... Survey, capture, handle, release, and 

collect adult vouchers.

Renew. 

08087D ............... Jonathan Walker, San 

Diego, California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, and 

collect adult vouchers.

Amend. 

PER0121456 ....... Tara Collins, Penryn, 

California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Amend. 


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Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

192702 ................ California State University Sacramento, 

Gold River, California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, collect branchiopod 

resting eggs, and 

propagate.

Renew and 

amend. 

09375A ................ Laura Eliassen, Bradley, California.Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

063427 ................ Sarah Powell, Sacramento, California.Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

PER4325342 ....... Shaylea Stark, Clovis, 

California.

California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense), 

Sonoma County and Santa 

Barbara County distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.New. 

34132C ............... USDA Forest Service—Pacific Southwest Region, 

Vallejo, California.

Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana 

boylii) South Sierra and South 

Coast distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, measure, take 

skin swabs, clip 

toes, insert PIT 

tags, transport, 

translocate, and release.

Amend. 

40087B ................ USDA Forest Service, 

Sonora, California.

Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana 

boylii) South Sierra and South 

Coast distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, measure, take 

skin swabs, clip 

toes, insert PIT 

tags, transport, 

translocate, and release.

Amend. 

48210A ................ Area West Environmental, Inc., 

Orangevale, California.

Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana 

boylii) South Sierra and South 

Coast distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.Amend. 

837574 ................ EREMICO Biological 

Services, LLC, 

Weldon, California.

Inyo California towhee (Melozone 

crissalis eremophila) Southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus).

CA ...................... Survey using recorded 

vocalizations.

Renew. 

98536C ............... Stillwater Sciences, 

Berkeley, California.

Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana 

boylii) South Sierra and South 

Coast distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.Amend. 

778668 ................ Bryan Mori, 

Watsonville, California.

Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana 

boylii) South Sierra and South 

Coast distinct population segments.

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.Amend. 

60149A ................ California Department 

of Fish and Wildlife, 

Fortuna, California.

Tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius 

newberryi).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, hold, 

handle, measure, 

collect photographic 

vouchers, and release.

Renew. 


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Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

06873C ............... Environmental 

Science Associates, 

San Diego, California.

Least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii 

pusillus) Pacific pocket mouse 

(Perognathus longimembris 

pacificus) San Bernardino 

Merriam’s kangaroo rat 

(Dipodomys merriami parvus).

CA ...................... Survey, locate and 

monitor nests, capture, handle, and release.

Amend. 

166383 ................ Bureau of Land 

Managment, Hollister Field Office, 

Hollister, California.

California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense), 

Sonoma County distinct population segment Blunt-nosed 

leopard lizard (Gambelia silus).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, take tissue 

samples, radio-tag, 

conduct thermal 

ecology assays, collect blood samples, 

PIT tagging, and release.

Renew and 

amend. 

095896 ................ Phillip Richards, Laguna Hills, California.Pacific pocket mouse 

(Perognathus longimembris 

pacificus) San Bernardino 

Merriam’s kangaroo rat 

(Dipodomys merriami parvus).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, and release.Renew. 

185595 ................ Kelly Bayne, Sacramento, California.California tiger salamander 

(Ambystoma californiense) 

Sonoma County and Santa 

Barbara County distinct population segments Conservancy 

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

conservatio) Longhorn fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

longiantenna) Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 

packardi) Riverside fairy shrimp 

(Streptocephalus woottoni) San 

Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

PER4207925 ....... Matt Shaffer, Rocklin, 

California.

Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio) 

Longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna) 

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepidurus packardi) Riverside 

fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

woottoni) San Diego fairy 

shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis).

CA ...................... Survey, capture, handle, release, collect 

adult vouchers, and 

collect branchiopod 

resting eggs.

Renew. 

108507 ................ U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Sacramento, California.

All endangered species in the Pacific Southwest Region.CA, NV, OR ........ All activities in furtherance of the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s mission to 

conserve endangered wildlife and 

plants and the ecosystems upon which 

they depend.

Amend. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative record 

associated with this action. 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 request in your comment 

that we withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. All submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of be made 

available for public disclosure in their 

entirety. 

Next Steps 

If we decide to issue permits to any 

of the applicants listed in this notice, 

we will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority 

We publish this notice under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). 

Rachel Henry, 

Acting Regional Ecological Services Program 

Manager, Pacific Southwest Region, 

Sacramento, California. 

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