11218 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices

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 permit

applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

10 (a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1531, et seq.).

Permit No. 825126

Applicant: Elisa Grahm, Marina del Rey,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by locating and monitoring

nests) the California least tern (Sterna

albifrons browni) at Venice Beach, Los

Angeles County, California in

conjunction with population studies for

the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 781384

Applicant: Thomas Leslie, Irvine, California

The applicant requests an amendment

of his permit to take (harass by survey,

capture and release, collect and sacrifice

voucher specimens) the Conservancy

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio),

longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole

shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San Diego

fairy shrimp (Brachinecta

sandiegonensis), and Riverside fairy

shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and population monitoring in

vernal pools throughout the range of

these species in California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 824123

Applicant: Mary B. Reents, San Luis Obispo,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, capture and

release) the Morro shoulderband snail (=

banded dune snail) (Helminthoglyptoa

walkeriana) in San Luis Obispo County,

California in conjunction with

population studies for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 796284

Applicant: D. Christopher Rogers,

Sacramento, California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, capture and

release) the Morro shoulderband snail (=

banded dune snail) (Helminthoglyptoa

walkeriana) in San Luis Obispo County,

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys and ecological

studies for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. 825275

Applicant: Daniel Anderson, Davis,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture, band, color-band, radiotag, collect blood and feathers, and

release; and salvage eggs and carcasses)

the California brown pelican (Pelecanus

occidentalis californicus) along the

entire coast of California in conjunction

with life history studies for the purpose

of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 808242

Applicant: Scott D. Cameron, San Diego,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and release) the

southwestern Arroyo toad (Bufo

microscaphus californicus) in Ventura,

Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Santa

Barbara, Riverside, San Bernardino, San

Luis Obispo, Monterey, Contra Costa,

Alameda, and San Mateo Counties,

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 797259

KEA Environmental, San Diego, California

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey;

capture and release; collect voucher

specimens) the San Diego fairy shrimp

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis)

throughout the range of the species in

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys and scientific

research for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 825681

Essex Environmental, El Granada, California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the San Joaquin

kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and

blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia

silus) and to take (harass by survey;

locate nests) the southwestern willow

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara

Counties, California in conjunction with

presence or absence surveys for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 825680

Applicant: Gary Santolo, Sacramento,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and release) the Pacific

pocket mouse (Perognathus

longimembris pacificus) in San Diego

County, California in conjunction with

presence or absence surveys for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 787924

Applicant: Marcus Spiegelberg, San Diego,

California

The applicant requests an amendment

of his permit to extend the area

authorized to take (harass by survey) the

southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) to include

Orange County, California and to take

(harass by locating and monitoring

nests) the least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii

pusillus) to include Orange and

Riverside Counties, California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival in

conjunction with conducting life history

studies.

Permit No. 825679

Applicant: Tony Bomkamp, Anaheim,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, capture and

release, collect and sacrifice voucher

specimens) the Conservancy fairy

shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio),

longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole

shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San Diego

fairy shrimp (Brachinecta

sandiegonensis), and Riverside fairy

shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and population monitoring in

vernal pools throughout the range of

these species in California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 825576

Applicant: Richard Neal Wales Jr.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey; capture and

release) the unarmored threespine

stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus

williamsoni), Arroyo southwestern toad

(Bufo microscaphus californicus), and

tidewater goby (Eucyclogobias

newberryi) in Orange, Riverside, Los

Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura, and

Santa Barbara Counties, California in

conjunction with scientific research on

co-occurring species for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 780566

Applicant: Ruben S. Ramirez, Jr., Diamond

Bar, California

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey,

capture and release, collect and sacrifice

voucher specimens) the Conservancy

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio),

longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole

shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San Diego

fairy shrimp (Brachinecta

sandiegonensis), and Riverside fairy
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shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and population monitoring in

vernal pools throughout the range of

these species in California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 825577

Applicant: Director of Public Works,

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

The applicant requests a permit to

remove and reduce to possession

specimens of the following plant

species: Alsinodendron trinerve (plant,

no common name); Labordia cyrtandrae

(Kamakahala); Delissea subcordata

(O` ha); Flueggea neowawraea

(Mehamehame); Lobelia oahuensis

(plant, no common name); Phyllostegia

mollis (plant, no common name); Viola

chamissoniana ssp. chamissoniana

(Pamakani); Cyrtandra subumbellata

(Haı`wale); Viola oahuensis (plant, no

common name); Sanicula purpurea

(plant, no common name); Eragrostis

fosbergii (Fosberg’s love grass); Cyanea

grimesiana ssp.obatae (Haha);

Lycopodium nutans (Wawaeı`ole);

Solanum sandwicense (A` ieakeakua,

popolo); Stenogyne kanehoana (plant,

no common name); Cyanea koolauensis

(Haha); Schiedea nuttallii var. nuttallii

(plant, no comon name); Alsinodendron

obovatum (plant, no common name);

Cyanea superba (plant, no common

name); Sanicula mariversa (plant, no

common name); Dubautia herstobatae

(Nae`nae`); Hedyotis parvula (plant, no

common name); Neraudia angulata

(plant, no common name); Neraudia

angulata (plant, no common name);

Silene lanceolata (plant, no common

name); Cenchrus agrimonioides

(Kamanomano (=Sandbur, agrimony);

Cyrtandra viridiflora (Haı`wale);

Melicope (=Pelea) lydgatei (Alani);

Phyllostegia parviflora (plant, no

common name); Pteris lidgatei (plant,

no common name); Cyanea longiflora

(Haha); Labordia cyrtandrae

(Kamakahala); Asplenium fragile var.

insulare (plant, no common name);

Hedyotis coriacea (Kioe`le); Neraudia

ovata (plant, no common name); Silene

lanceolata (plant, no common name);

Solanum incompletum (Popolo ku mai);

Tetramalopium arenarium (plant, no

common name); Spermolepis

hawaiiensis (plant, no common name);

and Zanthoxylum hawaiiense (Ae`) in

Kawailoa, Kahuku, and Pohakuloa

Training Areas, Makua Military

Reservation, and Schofield Barracks in

Hawaii County, Hawaii in conjunction

with scientific research for the purpose

of enhancing their propagation and

survival.

Permit No. 806723

Applicant: Brian L. Cypher, Bakersfield,

California

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to extend the area

authorized to take (capture, ear-tag,

measure, collect blood and

ectoparasites, radio-tag, and release) the

San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis

mutica) in T28S to T30S; R26E to R29E

of the Mt. Diablo base meridian of Kern

County, California in conjunction with

ecological research for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 825572

Applicant: Jeff Dreier, San Rafael, California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, capture and

release, collect and sacrifice voucher

specimens) the Conservancy fairy

shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio),

longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole

shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San Diego

fairy shrimp (Brachinecta

sandiegonensis), and Riverside fairy

shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and population monitoring in

vernal pools throughout the range of

these species in California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received by

April 10, 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; FAX: 503–231–6243.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 address above; telephone:

503–231–2063. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when requesting copies of

documents.

Dated: March 3, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–5957 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to

approved Tribal-State Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25

U.S.C. § 2710, the Secretary of the

Interior shall publish, in the Federal

Register, notice of approved Compacts

for the purpose of engaging in Class III

(casino) gaming on Indian reservations.

The Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior, through her

delegated authority, has approved the

Amended and Restated Compact for

Regulation of Class III gaming between

the Confederated Tribes of the Grand

Ronde Community of Oregon and the

State of Oregon which was executed on

January 10, 1997.

DATES: This action is effective March 11,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Indian

Gaming Management Staff, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20240,

(202) 219–4068.

Dated: February 26, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–5886 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

Indian Gaming

ACTION: Notice of approved tribal/state

compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25

U.S.C. § 2710, the Secretary of the

Interior shall publish, in the Federal

Register, notice of approved Tribal/State

Compacts for the purpose of engaging in

Class III (casino) gambling on Indian

reservations. The Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs, Department of the

Interior, through her delegated

authority, has approved the Tribal/State

Gaming Compact between the OtoeMissouria Tribe and the State of

Oklahoma, which was executed on

December 6, 1996.

DATES: This action is effective March 11,

1997.