[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5030-5032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2572]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit No. 821962
    Applicant: Mark E. Angelos, Torrance, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture 
and release, collect voucher specimens) the Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus wootoni) in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego 
Counties, California in conjunction with presence or absence surveys 
and aquatic insect research for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 807055
    Applicant: Justine Gibb, La Mesa, California

    The applicant requests an amendment of her permit to include take 
(locate and monitor nests) of the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii 
pusillus) in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and San 
Bernardino Counties, California in conjunction with conducting surveys 
and nest monitoring for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 810313
    Applicant: Stephen Eugene Leach, Oakland, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture 
and release, collect voucher specimens) the Conservancy fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
longiantenna), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in 
Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Placer, Yolo, 
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Madera, Fresno, Contra Costa, Alameda, and 
Solano Counties, California in conjunction with presence or absence 
surveys for the purpose of enhancing their survival.


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Permit No. 815144
    Applicant: Rosemary Ann Thompson, Santa Barbara, California

    The applicant requests an amendment of her permit to extend the 
area authorized to take (harass by survey, capture and release) the 
tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) to include its entire range in 
California in conjunction with presence or absence surveys for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 821967
    Applicant: J. Paul Galvin, Newport Beach, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, locate 
and monitor nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) throughout 
the range of the species in California in conjunction with surveys and 
nest monitoring for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 821229
    Applicant: David Guy Crawford, Camarillo, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture 
and release) the unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus 
aculeatus williamsoni) in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, California 
in conjunction with surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 822468
    Applicant: Redwood National and State Parks, Orick, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture 
and release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in Humboldt 
County, California in conjunction with presence or absence surveys and 
long term monitoring for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 820805
    Applicant: Philip Leitner, Orinda, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the 
salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) throughout the 
range of the species in California in conjunction with population 
monitoring for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 812740
    Applicant: Ingri S. Quon, San Diego, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to her permit to include take 
(locate and monitor nests) of the southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego County, California in 
conjunction with population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 802445
    Applicant: Elaine K. Harding-Smith, Santa Cruz, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to her permit to take (tag) the 
salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) during an 
extended trapping period and to extend the area authorized to include 
the range of the species in California in conjunction with population 
studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 823795
    Applicant: Theresa Ann Cabrera, Honolulu, Hawaii

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, band, radio-tag, 
and release) the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) in 
Hawaii County, Hawaii in conjunction with scientific research for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 778195
    Applicant: Sweetwater Environmental Biologists, Inc., San Diego, 
California

    The applicant requests an amendment of his permit to include take 
(harass by survey, capture and release, collect voucher specimens) of 
the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in Riverside, 
Orange, and San Diego Counties, California in conjunction with presence 
or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 820658
    Applicant: EDAW, Sacramento, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), to take 
(locate and monitor nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii 
pusillus), and to take (harass by survey; capture and release; collect 
voucher specimens) the conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal 
pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), and Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus woottoni) throughout the range of the species in 
California in conjunction with presence or absence surveys and 
scientific research for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 799561
    Applicant: Entrix, Inc., Walnut Creek, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass 
by survey, locate and monitor nests, conduct habitat studies) for the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), California 
least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) and least Bell's vireo (Vireo 
bellii pusillus) throughout the range of the species in California in 
conjunction with population and habitat studies for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 823990
    Applicant: BioResources, Los Osos, California

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, locate 
and monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) 
along the central California coast in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 787376
    Peter Bloom, Camarillo, California

    The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (capture, 
band, radio-tag, and release) the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) 
and to take (harass by disturbance while conducting trapping 
activities) the California least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) and 
western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) along the 
California coast from (and including) San Luis Obispo County south to 
the Mexican border, including the Channel Islands, in conjunction with 
scientific research on peregrine falcons, especially with regard to 
their interactions with California least tern colonies and western 
snowy plovers, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 823806
    Applicant: Pacific Estuarine Research Laboratory, San Diego, 
California

    The applicant requests a permit to remove and reduce to possession 
specimens of Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus (salt marsh bird's 
beak) from Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge and Tijuana 
Estuary, San Diego County, California in conjunction with scientific 
research for the purpose of enhancing its propagation and survival.

Permit No. 824105
    Applicant: Burl L. Mostul, Portland, Oregon

    The applicant requests an interstate commerce permit to sell 
artificially propagated Brighamia insignis (``Olulu) and Manihot 
walkeri (Walker's manioc) in order to enhance their propagation and 
survival.

Permit No. 799558
    Applicant: Idaho Power Company, Boise, Idaho

    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to extend the 
area authorized to take (collect, release, sacrifice voucher specimens) 
the Snake River physa snail (Physa natricina), Idaho springsnail 
(Fontelicella idahoensis), Utah valvata snail (Valvata

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utahensis), and Banbury Springs Limpet (Lanx n. sp.) in the Snake 
River, Idaho, and its tributaries to (and including) river mile 458 
(Swan Falls) while conducting presence or absence surveys and various 
life history and ecological studies for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before March 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Division of Consultation and Conservation Planning, Ecological 
Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, 
Portland, Oregon 97232-4181. Please refer to the respective permit 
number for each application when submitting comments. All comments, 
including names and addresses, received will become part of the 
official administrative record and may be made available to the public. 
Documents and other information submitted with these applications are 
available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act 
and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written 
request for a copy of such documents within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice, to the above office. Please refer to the 
respective permit number for each application when requesting copies of 
documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Frie, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above address; telephone (503) 231-6125.

    Dated: January 22, 1997.
Thomas J. Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon
[FR Doc. 97-2572 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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