[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35885-35886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17270]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N147; 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 August 20, 2009.

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-217119

Applicant: Carie M. Wingert, San Luis Obispo, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
California least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni), and take (capture, 
handle, and release) the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) and 
Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides) in conjunction 
with surveys and population monitoring studies throughout the range of 
each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-785148

Applicant: AMEC Earth and Environmental, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (August 
28, 2001, 66 FR 45322) to take (harass by survey, and locate/monitor 
nests) the California least tern (Sterna Antillarum browni) 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-214148

Applicant: Patrick W. Del Pizzo, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and 
locate/monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna Antillarum 
browni) 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-217402

Applicant: Julie M. Love, Santa Barbara, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, and 
release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction 
with surveys and population monitoring throughout the range of the 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-217401

Applicant: Cristina V. Slaughter, Santa Barbara, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, and 
release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) and Arroyo 
southwestern (Bufo microscaphus californicus) 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-781084

Applicant: Anita M. Hayworth, Encinitas, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March 
15, 1996, 61 FR 10779) to take (capture, collect, and kill) the 
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range 
of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their 
survival.

Permit No. TE-217663

Applicant: Ann M. Dalkey, Redondo Beach, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) in conjunction with 
surveys throughout the range of each species within the jurisdiction of 
the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, in California, for the purpose 
of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-802450

Applicant: Arthur E. Davenport, Barstow, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 8, 
1995, 60 FR 30314) to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in conjunction with surveys 
throughout

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the range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its 
survival.

Permit No. TE-036499

Applicant: National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 
Santa Barbara, California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February 
12, 2001, 66 FR 9877) to take (translocate) the tidewater goby 
(Eucyclogobius newberryi) in conjunction with restoration and 
population monitoring throughout the range of the species in California 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-218630

Applicant: Irena M. Mendez, Santa Monica, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the El 
Segundo Blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) in conjunction 
with surveys and population monitoring throughout the range of the 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE-045153

Applicant: Dustin S. Janeke, San Diego, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the 
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction 
with surveys; and 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 throughout the range of each 
species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-175386

Applicant: USGS, California Cooperative Research Unit, Arcata, 
California.

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (August 
13, 2008, 73 FR 47206) to take (survey, capture, handle, release, 
remove from wild and kill) the Lost river sucker (Deltistes luxatus) in 
conjunction with surveys, research, and demographic studies in Klamath 
County, Oregon, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE-219638

Applicant: Angela M. Calderaro, Rancho Cordova, California.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, 
handle, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 
californiense) in conjunction with surveys; and 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 research 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.

    Dated: July 15, 2009.
Diane Elam,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E9-17270 Filed 7-20-09; 8:45 am]
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