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Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
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[Federal Register: December 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 246)]
[Notices]
[Page 77057-77058]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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 invite the public to comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before January 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Chief, Endangered Species, Ecological
Services, 911 NE. 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 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: Linda Belluomini, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above Portland address, (telephone: 503-231-2063;
fax: 503-231-6243).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (we) solicits review and comment from local, State, and Federal
agencies, and the public on the following permit requests.
Permit No. TE-135948
Applicant: Natalie Brodie, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the
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species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No TE-816187
Applicant: David Cook, Santa Rosa, California
The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey,
mark, collect tissue samples, release, and recapture) the California
tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in conjunction with ecology,
distribution, and genetics research in Sonoma County, California, for
the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-135974
Applicant: Michael S. Marangio, El Cerrito, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
and the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum
croceum) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each
species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-051242
Applicant: Monica Alfaro, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-051236
Applicant: Erika Alfaro, San Diego, California
The permittee requests an amendment to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-136973
Applicant: Judi Tamasi, Santa Monica, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, collect, and kill)
the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni) in conjunction
with monitoring in Ventura County, California, for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-096745
Applicant: Scott Larsen, Oakhurst, California
The permittee requests an amendment to take (harass by survey,
capture, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the
species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-137006
Applicant: Thea B. Benson, Paso Robles, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-138603
Applicant: Edward F. Woch, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-122123
Applicant: Douglas McNair, Pasadena, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, monitor,
capture, and band) the light footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris
levipes), the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), the
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus), and the
California least tern (Sternula antillarum) in conjunction with
monitoring and other life history studies throughout the range of each
species in California and Arizona for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Our practice is to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which
we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment, but you should
be aware that we may be required to disclose your name and address
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Comments
and materials received will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
Dated: November 17, 2006.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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