[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24322-24324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11996]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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    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. 779910

    Applicant: William E. Haas, San Diego, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, capture, band, color-band, withdraw blood, 
and release) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) throughout the species' range in California to conduct 
presence or absence surveys, population monitoring, and genetic studies 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 778100

    Applicant: Pacific Southwest Biological Services, San Diego, 
California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) to 
determine its presence or absence, and take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) to conduct population 
monitoring studies in Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, 
Orange, Kern, and San Diego Counties, California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 811615

    Applicant: Cynthia A. Jones, Huntington Beach, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) throughout 
the range of the species in the states of California, Arizona, Utah, 
New Mexico, and Nevada to determine its presence or absence for the 
purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 812206

    Applicant: Robin Church, San Diego, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) to conduct population 
monitoring studies in Riverside, Orange, and San Diego Counties, 
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 797259

    Applicant: Chris Wilcox, Davis, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to take (harass 
by survey, and collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) the Conservancy 
fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 
packardi), and vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) to extend 
presence or absence surveys and population monitoring in vernal pools 
throughout the species' range in California, and to include taking 
(harass by survey, and collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) the 
Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) for similar purposes 
throughout its range in California for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. 780692

    Applicant: Lisa Embree, San Diego, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) and least 
Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, 
San Bernardino, and Imperial Counties, California to conduct presence 
or absence surveys and population monitoring for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 814225

    Applicant: Anthony A. Echelle, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and 
sacrifice) the desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) in Imperial and 
Riverside Counties, California, and the Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon 
radiosus) in Inyo County, California for genetic studies to enhance 
their survival.

Permit No. 787924

    Applicant: Markus Spiegelberg, San Diego, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) in Riverside and San Diego Counties, California to 
conduct presence or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 785564

    Applicant: Harland Bartholomew & Associates.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) throughout the species' range in California to 
conduct presence or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 781545

    Applicant: P & D Consultants, Orange, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) throughout the species' range in California, Nevada, 
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado to conduct presence or absence 
surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 814222

    Applicant: California Department of Parks and Recreation, San 
Diego, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) on State Park lands 
within southern California while conducting population management 
activities for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 799557

    Applicant: Robert Hamilton, Trabuco Canyon, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass

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by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, 
Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern Counties, California 
to conduct presence or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. 814220

    Applicant: Sapphos Environmental, Pasadena, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, translocate, and 
release) the El Segundo blue butterfly [Euphilotes (=Shijimiaeoides) 
battoides allyni] in Los Angeles County, California for the purpose of 
conducting population management studies to enhance its survival.

Permit No. 814219

    Applicant: Claude Edwards, San Diego, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) to conduct 
presence or absence surveys, and to take (locate and monitor nests) the 
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) while conducting population 
monitoring studies in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, 
San Diego, and Imperial Counties, California for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 814219

    Applicant: David Haupt, Monterey, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, locate 
and monitor nests, capture, band, attach radio telemeters, and release) 
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), California least tern (Sterna 
antillarum browni), western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus 
nivosus), light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes), and 
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) throughout the 
species' range in California to conduct presence or absence surveys and 
population studies for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No 814216

    Applicant: Mark Holmgren, Santa Barbara, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, locate 
and monitor nests, capture, band, and release) the southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), California least tern (Sterna 
antillarum browni), western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus 
nivosus), and least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in Monterey, 
San Luis Obisopo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, 
San Diego, San Bernardino, Imperial, and Orange Counties, California to 
conduct presence or absence surveys and population monitoring studies 
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 677215

    Applicant: Resource Management International, Inc., San Rafael, 
California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) the 
California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) in Marin, Napa, and 
Sonoma Counties, California to conduct presence or absence surveys for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 812792

    Applicant: Julie M. Vanderwier.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and take (harass by 
survey, collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) the Riverside fairy 
shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), Conservancy fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), and 
vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and remove and reduce 
to possession the San Diego mesa mint (Pogogyne abramsii), Otay mesa 
mint (Pogogyne nudiuscula), California Orcutt grass (Orcuttia 
californica), and San Diego buttoncelery (Eryngium aristulatum var. 
parishii) throughout the species' range in California to conduct 
presence or absence surveys, and population monitoring and management 
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 812739

    Applicant: Zev Labinger, Goleta, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), California 
least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), and western snowy plover 
(Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, 
Ventura, Los Angeles, and Kern Counties, California to conduct presence 
or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 780566

    Applicant: Ruben S. Ramirez, Diamond Bar, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (capture, mark, and release) the arroyo toad (Bufo microscaphus 
californicus) within the Angeles National Forest in California to 
conduct abundance and distribution studies for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival.

Permit No. 800926

    Applicant: California Department of Transportation, San Bernardino, 
California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, 
and Riverside Counties, California while conducting presence or absence 
surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 802821

    Applicant: Kern River Research Center, Weldon, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
authorization to withdraw blood from the southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in Kern County, California for genetic 
research for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 813548

    Applicant: Harold A. Wier, Encinitas, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, locate 
and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) and least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) 
throughout the species' range in California to conduct presence or 
absence surveys and population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. 813545

    Applicant: Brock Ortega, Encinitas, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, locate 
and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) and least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) 
throughout the species' range in California to conduct presence or 
absence surveys and population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. 785108

    Applicant: Tierra Madre Consultants, Inc., Riverside, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, capture, band, and release)

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the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Los 
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, 
California to conduct presence or absence surveys and population 
management activities for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 769931

    Applicant: James M. Greaves, Santa Barbara, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (harass by survey, locate and monitor nests, and capture, band, 
and release) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), and western 
snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in San Luis Obispio, 
Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, Kern, Orange, San 
Diego, Monterey, and San Benito Counties, California for presence or 
absence surveys and population monitoring activities for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 793646

    Applicant: Clifford M. Anderson, Bow, Washington.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to take (harass 
by survey, capture, band, and release) the peregrine falcon (Falco 
peregrinus) to include King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties, Washington 
while conducting population monitoring activities for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 799558

    Applicant: Idaho Power Company, Boise, Idaho.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to take 
(collect, release, sacrifice voucher specimens) the Snake River physa 
snail (Physa natricina), Idaho springsnail (Fonteliecella idahoensis), 
Utah valvata snail (Valvata utahensis), and Banbury Springs Limpet 
(Lanx n. sp.) in the Snake River, Idaho, and its tributaries to extend 
the area of activities to (and including) river mile 525 (Clover Creek) 
while conducting presence or absence surveys and various life history 
and ecological studies for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 787644

    Applicant: William J. Vanherweg, Bakersfield, California.
    The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to include 
taking (capture and release) the Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 
stephensi) and Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris 
pacificus) throughout the species' range in California to conduct 
presence or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. 813431

    Applicant: Peter Famolaro, Spring Valley, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) 
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and to take (harass by 
survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
throughout the species' range in California to conduct presence or 
absence surveys and population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

Permit No. 811081

    Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas, Nevada.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (euthanize) desert 
tortoises (gopherus agassizii) that test positive for the Upper 
Respiratory Tract Disease (for the purpose of enhancing the survival of 
the species. These tortoises were previously captured, removed from the 
wild, and placed at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center, Las Vegas, 
Nevada pursuant to permit numbers PRT-747182 and PRT-756360, and 
biological opinions 1-5-91-F-112 and 1-5-91-F-25.

Permit No. 812740

    Applicant: Ingri S. Quon, Sand Diego, California.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and 
locate and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus), least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and 
California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in San Diego, Orange, 
Riverside, and Imperial Counties, California to conduct presence or 
absence surveys and population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival.

DATES: Written comments on the permit applications must be received by 
June 13, 1996.

ADDRESS: 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 NE. 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.

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 following office: U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of Consultation and 
Conservation Planning, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-
4181. Telephone: 503-231-2063; FAX: 503-231-6243. Please refer to the 
respective permit number for each application when requesting copies of 
documents.

    Dated: May 7, 1996.
Thomas Dwyer,
Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
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