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Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
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Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications[Federal Register: March 15, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 52)] [Notices]
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>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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.
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. 808241
Applicant: Sonoma Water Agency, Santa Rosa, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) in Sonoma, Marin, Lake, and Mendocino Counties, California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 810193
Applicant: Michelle McCollom Caurana, Trabuco Canyon, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Orange, San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 802447
Applicant: Kimberly T. Miller, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties, California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 810766
Applicant: Paul A. Hamilton, Campo, 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 Bells' 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. 810768
Applicant: Harmsworth Associates, Dove Canyon, California.
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The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) the least Bells' vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Ventura Counties, California to conduct population monitoring studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 782774
Applicant: Michael Brandman Associates, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey, and collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), and vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) in vernal pools throughout the species' range in California to determine presence or absence of the species for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. 798744
Applicant: Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Bonners Ferry, Idaho The applicant requests an amendment of their permit to take (capture, collect, radio tag, mark, and release) the Kootenai River population of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) to include that portion of the entire Kootenai River in Montana for conducting captive propagation and scientific research for the purpose of enhancing its propagation and survival.
Permit No. 781084
Applicant: Anita Marie Hayworth, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 781217
Applicant: Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Bernardino Counties to determine its presence or absence and conduct population monitoring studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 811188
Applicant: Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in Malibu Lagoon, Los Angeles County, California to conduct population monitoring studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 811049
Applicant: Clifford W. Morden, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The applicant requests a permit to remove and reduce to possession one leaf from 10-20 individual Haplostachys haplostachya var. angustifolia (no common name) plants in 3 subpopulations from the Mouna Loa/Kea area of Hawaii to conduct genetic analyses for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 807078
Applicant: Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, band, color band, and release; and erect predator exclosures) the western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Barbara (including Santa Rosa Island), Marin, and San Mateo Counties, California to conduct population monitoring and management of the species for the purpose of enhancing its survival. These activities were previously authorized under the Regional Director's permit no. PRT-702631.
Permit No. 787376
Applicant: Peter H. Bloom, Santa Ana, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (capture and release) the Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties, California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 811332
Applicant: John A. Ebrey, Jacksonville, Illinois.
The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce one pair of captive bred Hawaiian (=nene) geese (Nesochen [=Branta] sandvicensis) from Charles Nugent of Kimbolton, Ohio for the purpose of enhancing its propagation and survival.
Permit No. 781384
Applicant: Thomas A. Leslie, Riverside, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) throughout the known range of the species in southern California to determine its presence or absence for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 780565
Applicant: Jeff Wells, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in San Diego and Orange Counties to determine presence or absence and conduct population monitoring of the species for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. 797228
Applicant: Martin R. Brittan, Folsom, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include taking (harass by survey, and collect and sacrifice voucher specimens) the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) to determine its presence or absence and to increase the area of authorized activities to throughout the species' range in California for the purpose of enhancing the survival of the species.
Permit No. 811894
Applicant: Samuel M. McGinnis.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and release) the salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) and San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in San Mateo, Alameda, and Sonoma Counties, California to conduct presence or absence surveys and to aid in population management for the purpose of enhancing their survival. These activities were previously authorized under the Regional Director's permit No. PRT-702631.
DATES: Written comments on the permit applications must be received April 15, 1996.
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. 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
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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: March 7, 1996.
Thomas Dwyer,
Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. [FR Doc. 96-6212 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P