[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14458-14460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7266]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications.
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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a scientific
research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Permit No. TE-800929.
Applicant: City of San Diego, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, capture and release) the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni) in conjunction with population monitoring in
vernal pools in San Diego County, California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-007628.
Applicant: Darren Smith, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (pursue by survey) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with presence or absence surveys throughout the species' range for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-008031.
Applicant: David W. Flietner, Riverside, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (pursue by survey) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with presence or absence surveys throughout the species' range for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-844475.
Applicant: Shapiro & Associates, Portland, Oregon.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and collect) the
Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the shortnose sucker
(Chasmistes brevirostrum) in conjunction with surveys, and DNA and
otolith analyses in Klamath County, Oregon for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-007907.
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Research
Center, Cook, Washington.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and
collect) the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the shortnose
sucker (Chasmistes brevirostrum) in conjunction with population
monitoring and life history studies in Klamath and Lake Counties,
Oregon for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-799569.
Applicant: Renee Y. Owens, Jamul, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, locate and monitor nests, and remove brown-headed cowbird eggs)
the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax extimus traillii) and
take (locate and monitor nests, and remove brown-headed cowbird eggs)
the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillum) in conjunction with
population monitoring and presence or absence surveys in San Diego,
Orange, and Riverside Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-799568.
Applicant: Dana K. Kamada, San Clemente, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, locate and monitor nests, and remove brown-headed cowbird eggs)
the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empiodonax extimus traillii)
throughout the species' range in California, Arizona, New Mexico,
Nevada, and Colorado in conjunction with population monitoring and
presence or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
The applicant also requests a permit amendment to take (locate and
montor nests, and remove brown-headed
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cowbird eggs) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and take
(pursue by survey) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha
quino) throughout the species' range in conjunction with population
monitoring and presence or absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE-008547.
Applicant: Botany Department, San Diego Natural History Museum, San
Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (remove and reduce to
possession) Chorizanthe orcuttiana and Arctostaphylos vanessae from the
Marine Corp Air Station in Miramar, California, as voucher specimens
for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-009015.
Applicant: Jason Lee Berkley, Whittier, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) throughout
the species' range in California for the purpose of enhancing its
survival.
Permit No. TE-009018.
Applicant: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (remove and reduce to
possession) Berberis nevinii and Dodecahema leptoceras from the Angeles
National Forest in California as voucher specimens for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-785148.
Applicant: Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, San Diego,
California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey) the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) and
light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) throughout each
species' range in conjunction with presence or absence surveys for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-810394.
Applicant: Daniel A. Guthrie, Claremont, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, locate and monitor nests, and remove brown-headed cowbird eggs)
the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empiodonax extimus traillii) and
take (locate and montor nests and remove brown-headed cowbird eggs) the
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillum) in Ventura County,
California, in conjunction with population monitoring and presence or
absence surveys for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-007456.
Applicant: Leonard A. Freed, University of Hawaii, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
The applicant requests renewal of his permit to take (capture,
mark, collect biological samples) the Hawaii Akepa (Loxops coccineus
coccineus), Hawaii Creeper (Oreomystis mana), Akiapolaau (Hemignathus
munroi), and Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius) in conjunction with
demographic, genetic, and disease research for the purpose of enhancing
their survival. All of these activities have previously been authorized
under subpermit UMNZA.
Permit No. 825573.
Applicant: Janet A. Randall, San Francisco State University, San
Francisco, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to her permit to take (harass
by radio-tagging) additional giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens) in
conjunction with scientific research in Merced, Fresno, Monterey, San
Luis Obispo, Kings, Kern, and Santa Barbara Counties, California, for
the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-745541.
Applicant: Stephen J. Montgomery, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (capture
and collect biological samples) the Amargosa vole (Microtus
californicus scirpensis) in conjunction with life history studies
throughout the species range for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-834489.
Applicant: Stacie Tennant, Costa Mesa, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in
conjunction with presence or absence surveys throughout the species
range in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-797233.
Applicant: Entomological Consulting Services, LTD., Pleasant Hill,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass, pursue, capture,
collect) the Mount Hermon June beetle (Polyphylla barbata), valley
elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus), bay checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis), Behrens silverspot butterfly
(Speyeria zerene behrensii), Callippe silverspot butterfly (Speyeria
callippe callippe), Myrtle's silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene
myrtleae), lotis blue butterfly (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis), mission
blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides missionensis), Palos Verdes blue
butterfly (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis), Quino checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino), San Bruno elfin butterfly
(Callophrys mossii bayensis), Smith's blue butterfly (Euphilotes
enoptes smithi), Laguna Mountains skipper (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae),
Delhi sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis),
Zayante band-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis infantilis), and the
California freshwater shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) in conjunction with
monitoring, surveys, and life history studies throughout each species
range in California and Oregon for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE-009066.
Applicant: Debby Martin, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, capture, and collect) the Conservancy fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San
Diego fairy shrimp (Brachinecta sandiegonensis), and the Riverside
fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) throughout the range of the
species in California in conjunction with surveys for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-797267.
Applicant: H.T. Harvey & Associates, Alviso, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass
by survey) the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus)
in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-004578.
Applicant: Robin Bolser, Goleta, California.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, capture, and collect) the Conservancy fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San
Diego fairy shrimp (Brachinecta sandiegonensis), and the Riverside
fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) throughout the range of the
species in California in conjunction with demographic research for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-009173.
Applicant: Cary Myler, Pocatello, Idaho.
The applicant requests a permit to take (collect and sacrifice) the
Bruneau hot springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis) throughout Bruneau
River and its associated tributaries in conjunction with scientific
studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
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DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received
by April 26, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Chief,
Division of Recovery, Planning and Permits, Ecological Services, Fish
and Wildlife Service, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-
4181; 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: 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 20 days of the date of publication of this notice to the address
above; telephone: (503) 231-2063. Please refer to the respective permit
number for each application when requesting copies of documents.
Thomas J. Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 99-7266 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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