[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11218-11219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5957]



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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 permit applications.

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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, 
radio-tag, 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 (Oha); Flueggea neowawraea (Mehamehame); Lobelia oahuensis 
(plant, no common name); Phyllostegia mollis (plant, no common name); 
Viola chamissoniana ssp. chamissoniana (Pamakani); Cyrtandra 
subumbellata (Haiwale); 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 (Wawaeiole); Solanum sandwicense (Aieakeakua, 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 
(Naenae); 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 (Haiwale); 
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 (Kioele); 
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]
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