[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 84 (Monday, May 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23287-23288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10225]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2010-N089; 80221-1113-0000-F5]


Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species 
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act also requires 
that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or 
before June 2, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager, Region 
8, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916-
414-6464; fax: 916-414-6486). Please refer to the respective permit 
number for each application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 760-431-9440; fax: 760-431-9624).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for 
scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with 
endangered species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.). We seek review and comment from local, State, and Federal 
agencies and the public on the following permit requests. Before 
including your address, phone number, e-mail 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 ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Permit No. TE-825573

Applicant: Brian L. Cypher, Bakersfield, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession 
Opuntia treleasei (Bakersfield cactus) from Federal lands in 
conjunction with botanical surveys, voucher, and genetic research 
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-097516

Applicant: Thomas P. Ryan, Pasadena, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March 
20, 2007, 72 FR 13121) to take (collect and remove from the wild dead 
and abandoned eggs, color band; and capture, attach/remove geolocators, 
monitor, recapture) the California least tern (Sterna Antillarum 
browni) in conjunction with population monitoring and research 
throughout the range of the species in Los Angeles County, California, 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-007907

Applicant: United States Geological Survey, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March 
25, 1999, 64 FR 14458) to take (capture, transport, and release) the 
Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the shortnose sucker 
(Chasmistes brevirostrum) in conjunction with surveys, population 
monitoring and life history studies throughout the range of the species 
in Klamath and Lake Counties, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. TE-054011

Applicant: John F. Green, Riverside, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December 
16, 2008, 73 FR 76375) to take (capture, collect, and kill) the 
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy shrimp 
(Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 
packardi) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring 
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-07064A

Applicant: Wesley K. Savage, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
measure, photograph, collect tissue, and release) the Santa Cruz long-
toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) and California tiger 
salamander (Ambystoma californiense); and take (survey, capture, 
handle, collect tissue, and release) the callippe silverspot butterfly 
(Speyeria callippe callippe) in conjunction with surveys, population 
monitoring, and genetic research throughout the range of each species 
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-004939

Applicant: Gordon F. Pratt, Riverside, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (January 
31, 2003, 68 FR 5037) to take (collect voucher specimens of newly 
discovered populations) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas 
editha quino), Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus 
palosverdesensis), lotis blue butterfly (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis), 
El Segundo blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni), and the Laguna Mountains 
skipper (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae) in conjunction with surveys and 
population monitoring throughout the range of each species in 
California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-07981A

Applicant: Bruce J. Turner, Eggleston, Virginia.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle, 
release, collect, and sacrifice) the Ash meadows pupfish (Cyprinodon 
nevadensis mionectes) and Warm springs pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis 
pectoralis) in conjunction with scientific research in Nye County, 
Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-166383

Applicant: Michael Westphal, Hollister, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (November 
6, 2007, 72 FR 62669) to take (survey, capture, handle, tail clip, and 
release) the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gamelia silus) in conjunction 
with surveys and genetic research throughout the range of the species 
in San Benito and Fresno Counties, California, for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-097845

Applicant: ManTech SRS Technologies Incorporated, Lompoc, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 27, 
2008, 73 FR 36552), to extend the currently authorized geographic area 
and take (harass by survey, capture, handle, release, collect, and 
sacrifice) the

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unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) 
in conjunction with surveys and genetic research within Santa Barbara 
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-213726

Applicant: Joelle J. Fournier, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (July 7, 
2009, 74 FR 32179) to take (handle, band, and remove from the wild dead 
eggs, chicks, adults, feathers and hatched membranes) the California 
least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni) in conjunction with population 
monitoring and research at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, San Diego 
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-09371A

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas, Nevada.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in Clark, 
Lincoln and Nye Counties, California, for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-09389A

Applicant: Michelle E. Giolli, Berkeley, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, collect, and 
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the 
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy 
shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring throughout the range of each species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-09381A

Applicant: Billy G. Williams, Santa Barbara, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and 
release) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) in conjunction with 
surveys and population monitoring studies throughout the range of the 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-09375A

Applicant: Laura Ann Eliassen, Bradley, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, collect, and 
kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the 
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy 
shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys and population 
monitoring throughout the range of each species in California for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.
    We invite public review and comment on each of these recovery 
permit applications. Comments and materials we receive will be 
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business 
hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. 2010-10225 Filed 4-30-10; 8:45 am]
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