20480 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 74 / Monday, April 17, 2000 / Notices

Permit No. 022615

Applicant: Robert L. Calloway,

Leonardtown, Maryland

The applicant requests a permit to

purchase, in interstate commerce, two

female and two male captive bred

Hawaiian (=nene) geese (Nesochen

[=Branta] sandvicensis) for the purpose

of enhancing the species propagation

and survival.

Permit No. TE–702631

Applicant: Assistant Regional

Director-Ecological Services, Region 1,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Portland, Oregon

The permittee requests a permit

amendment to remove and reduce to

possession specimens of the following

plant species: Cirsium loncholepis (La

Graciosa thistle), Eriodictyon capitatum

(Lompoc yerba santa), Hemizonia

increscens ssp. villosa (Gaviota

tarplant), and Lupinus nipomensis

(Nipomo Mesa lupine). Collection

activities will be conducted throughout

each species range in conjunction with

recovery efforts for the purpose of

enhancing their propagation and

survival.

Permit No. TE–025182

Applicant: Ecosphere Environmental

Services, Durango, Colorado

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the southwestern

willow flycatcher (Empidonax extimus

traillii) in conjunction with presence or

absence surveys throughout the species

range in California for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–025197

Applicant: Lockheed Martin

Environmental Service, Las Vegas,

Nevada

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, capture and

handle, collect tissue samples, and

collect voucher specimens) the desert

pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius), Gila

topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis),

Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae), and

Humpback chub (Gila cypha) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and scientific research

throughout each species range for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE–776608

Applicant: Monk and Associates,

Walnut Creek, California

The permittee requests a permit

amendment to take (capture and handle)

the California tiger salamander

(Ambystoma californiense) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys in Santa Barbara County,

California for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. TE–025204

Applicant: Linda Ann Vorobik, Lopez

Island, Washington

The applicant requests a permit to

remove and reduce to possession

specimens of Arabis macdonaldiana in

conjunction with genetic research and

the collection of voucher specimens

throughout the species range for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–685022

Applicant: Rudi Mattoni, University

of California, Los Angeles, California

The permittee requests a permit

amendment to take (survey by pursuit,

harass, collect for captive propagation,

handle, captive rear, and release) the

Palos Verdes blue butterfly

(Glaucopsyche lygdamus

palosverdesensis) in conjunction with

presence and absence surveys and

scientific research throughout its range

for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. TE–025203

Applicant: David J. Griffin, Alpine,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, collect and

sacrifice) the San Diego fairy shrimp

(Brachinecta sandiegonensis) and the

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus

woottoni) in conjunction with surveys

in Riverside and San Diego Counties,

California for the purpose of enhancing

their survival.

Permit No. TE–025202

Applicant: Janette Holtz, San Diego,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, collect and

sacrifice) the San Diego fairy shrimp

(Brachinecta sandiegonensis) and the

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus

woottoni) in conjunction with surveys

and population monitoring in San Diego

County, California for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE–025201

Applicant: Bonnie Ripley, San Diego,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, collect and

sacrifice) the San Diego fairy shrimp

(Brachinecta sandiegonensis) and the

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus

woottoni) in conjunction with surveys

and population monitoring in San Diego

County, California for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before May 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Chief—

Endangered Species, Ecological

Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, 911

NE. 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

received, including names and

addresses, 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 20

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: April 6, 2000.

Thomas Dwyer,

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 00–9458 Filed 4–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft Revised

Recovery Plan for the Oregon

Silverspot Butterfly for Review and

Comment

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife

Service, announce the availability of a

draft revised recovery plan for the

Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria

zerene hippolyta) for public review.

This butterfly is distributed in six small

areas along the Pacific coast from

northern California to southern

Washington. The Oregon silverspot

butterfly depends upon coastal

grasslands that contain the larval host

plant (early blue violet), nectar sources,

and adult courtship areas. This draft

revised plan updates the original

recovery plan that was completed in

1982.

DATES: We must receive your comments

on the draft revised recovery plan on or

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before June 16, 2000 for us to consider

them in developing the final plan.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of

the draft revised recovery plan by

contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Oregon State Office, 2600 S.E.

98th Avenue, Suite 100, Portland,

Oregon, 97266; phone (503) 231–6179.

Send written comments or other

materials on the plan to the State

Supervisor at the above address.

Comments and materials received are

available on request for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich

Szlemp, Supervisory Fish and Wildlife

Biologist, at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

Restoring an endangered or

threatened animal or plant to the point

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a

primary goal of our endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, we are working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary to conserve the

species, establish criteria for recognizing

the recovery levels for downlisting or

delisting them, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.) requires that recovery plans be

developed for listed species unless such

a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act requires that

during recovery plan development, we

provide public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment. We will consider all

information presented during a

comment period before we approve a

new or revised recovery plan. We and

other Federal agencies will also take

these comments into account in the

course of implementing approved

recovery plans.

The Oregon silverspot butterfly,

which was listed as threatened with

critical habitat in 1980, is a small,

darkly marked coastal subspecies of the

Zerene fritillary butterfly. This

subspecies occurs in six small pockets

of remaining habitat at: Del Norte/Lake

Earl in California; Clatsop Plains, Mt.

Hebo, Cascade Head, and Rock CreekBig Creek in Oregon; and Long Beach in

Washington. The Long Beach

population may be extirpated and the

population on the Clatsop Plains is

extremely low and at risk of extirpation.

A recovery plan was completed in 1982.

At the time of listing, the only known

viable population occurred in the Rock

Creek-Big Creek area. The original

recovery plan included recovery actions

for the Rock Creek-Big Creek area as

well as the rediscovered population of

butterflies at Mt. Hebo. Since that time,

additional Oregon silverspot

populations have been discovered or

rediscovered at Cascade Head, Bray

Point, Clatsop Plains, and Del Norte.

The open vegetation preferred by the

butterfly has always had a patchy

distribution that was maintained

through wildfire, salt-laden winds,

grazing, and controlled burning. Habitat

has declined due to residential and

commercial development, invasion of

exotic plant species, overgrazing, and

lack of fire. Current threats to Oregon

silverspot butterflies include continued

habitat alteration, continued invasion of

non-native plants, off-road vehicle use,

and vegetation change due to fire

suppression.

The draft revised recovery plan calls

for restoring and protecting habitat for

the Oregon silverspot butterfly to

establish or maintain viable populations

in six habitat conservation areas.

Because Oregon silverspot butterfly

populations have been extirpated and

existing ones are still declining, the

revised recovery plan also calls for

augmenting existing populations with

captive-reared individuals and

reintroducing butterflies in areas where

they have been extirpated. When the

revised plan is completed, it will guide

all Federal and State agencies whose

actions affect the conservation of the

Oregon silverspot butterfly.

Public Comments Solicited

We solicit written comments on this

draft revised recovery plan. We are

particularly interested in receiving any

recent information regarding the

occurrence, distribution, or number of

butterflies that is not included in the

draft revised plan. We are also

particularly interested in information

pertaining to specific criteria to be

considered when proposing to augment

or reintroduce Oregon silverspot

butterflies. We will consider all

comments received by the date specified

above before approving the plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: April 11, 2000.

Thomas Dwyer,

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Region 1.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Proposal To Register an Operation

Breeding an Appendix-I Species in

Captivity for Commercial Purposes

according to the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, announce that we

intend to submit to the Secretariat of the

Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora (CITES) a proposal to register

Rapid Creek Ranch, a breeding facility

for gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) owned

and operated by Robert B. Berry,

Sheridan, Wyoming, as a commercial

breeding operation for an Appendix-I

species. The registration of this facility

will allow specimens to be designated

as bred in captivity for commercial

purposes and deemed to be specimens

of species included in Appendix II, as

provided for in Article VII, paragraph 4,

of CITES. Public comments are

solicited.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until

May 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please send correspondence

concerning this notice to the Office of

Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Mail stop ARLSQ 750,

4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington,

Virginia 22203 (fax, 703–358–2276; Email, r9osa@fws.gov). Copies of the full

text of the registration proposal are

available from the Office of Scientific

Authority and will be mailed upon

request. Comments and other

information received are available for

public inspection by appointment from

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, at the Arlington, Virginia,

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert R. Gabel at the address given

above (telephone: 703–358–1708).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Convention on International

Trade in Endangered Species of Wild