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Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
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[Federal Register: July 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 141)]
[Notices]
[Page 41832-41833]
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.
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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 August 23, 2006.
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.
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-126866
Applicant: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Gustine,
California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and
attach radio transmitters) the riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus
bachmani riparius) and take (capture, handle, and release) the riparian
woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes riparia) in conjunction with ecological
research in San Joaquin County, California, for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-022630
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Henderson, Nevada
The permittee requests an amentment to remove/reduce to possession
the Nitrophila mohavensis (Amargosa niterwort) in conjunction with
scientific study in Nye County, Nevada, and Inyo County, California,
for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-809232
Applicant: BioWest, Inc., Logan Utah
The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture, mark, tag,
and release) the bonytail chub (Gila elegans) and increase the
geographic area in which to take (capture, mark, tag, measure, fin
clip, and release or collect) the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
along the Lower Colorado River in conjunction with scientific research
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-106759
Applicant: Lauronda Cooper, Cupertino, California
The permittee requests an amendment to take (capture, mark, and
release) the Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi) and the
Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides) in conjunction
with surveys throughout the species range in California for the purpose
of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-122026
Applicant: Tracy Bailey, Ridgecrest, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and
release) the
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Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the species range in California for
the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-128462
Applicant: Jonathan Feenstra, Pasadena, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
conjunction with surveys throughout the species range in California for
the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-128400
Applicant: Christina M. Sloop, Sonoma, California
The applicant requests a permit to remove/reduce to possession
Orcuttia pilosa (hairy orcutt grass) and Neostapfia colusana (Colusa
grass) from Federal lands throughout the species range in California
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-128416
Applicant: Ro M. LoBianco, Danville, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) the
California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) in conjunction with
surveys throughout the species range in California for the purpose of
enhancing its 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: June 21, 2006.
Michael Fris,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E6-11716 Filed 7-21-06; 8:45 am]
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