97-13745. Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 28726-28728]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-13745]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Fish and Wildlife Service
    
    
    Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
    
    AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.
    
    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. 783010
        Applicant: California Department of Transportation, Santa Ana, 
    California.
        The applicant requests an amendment of her permit for take (harass 
    by survey, locate and monitor nests) of the southwestern willow 
    flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) and for take (locate and 
    monitor nests) of the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) to 
    include the species ranges throughout California in conjunction with 
    population monitoring for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
    Permit No. 827496
        Applicant: Matthew Gitzendanner, Pullman, Washington.
        The applicant requests a permit to remove and reduce to possession 
    specimens of Lomatium bradshawii (Bradshaw's desert parsley) on Federal 
    lands in Linn and Lane Counties, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington 
    in conjunction with scientific research for the purpose of enhancing 
    its propagation and survival.
    Permit No. 779910
        Applicant: William E. Haas, San Diego, California.
        The applicant requests an amendment of his permit to take (toe-
    clip; collect blood) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
    traillii extimus) in San Diego County, California in conjunction with 
    genetic research for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 818627
        Applicant: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Corvallis, 
    Oregon.
        The applicant requests an amendment of his permit to take (capture, 
    otolith mark, captively rear, sacrifice, and release) the Oregon chub 
    (Oregonichthys crameri) at Shady Dell Pond, and East Fork Minnow Creek 
    Pond in Lane County, Oregon in conjunction with ecological research and 
    growth rate studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 788074
        Applicant: Ellen T. Bauder, San Diego State University, San Diego, 
    California.
        The applicant requests an amendment of her permit to take (collect) 
    San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis) in conjunction 
    with ecological research on Eryngium aristulatum ssp. parishii (San 
    Diego button celery) in San Diego County, California for the purpose of 
    enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 827499
        Applicant: Richard E. Farris, Agoura Hills, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
    southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
    conjunction with surveys and population monitoring in Ventura, Los 
    Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, 
    California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 827498
        Applicant: Jesus Maldonado, Los Angeles, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, mark, and 
    release) the Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) 
    in conjunction with surveys and ecological research in San Pedro, 
    California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 785108
        Applicant: Tierra Consultants, Inc., Riverside, California.
        The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass 
    by survey) the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus 
    abdominalis)
    
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    in conjunction with surveys in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, 
    California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 827500
        Applicant: Sean J. Barry, Dixon, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
    collect voucher specimens) the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora 
    draytonii) and take (capture and release; collect blood, tissue and 
    voucher specimens) the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) in 
    conjunction with surveys, population monitoring, and genetic research 
    in northern California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
    Permit No. 787924
        Applicant: Markus Spiegelberg, San Diego, California.
        The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (locate 
    and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
    traillii extimus) in conjunction with population monitoring and removal 
    of brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) eggs in Orange, Riverside, and 
    San Diego Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing its 
    survival.
    Permit No. 811894
        Applicant: Samuel M. McGinnis, Hayward, California.
        The applicant requests an amendment of his permit for take 
    (capture, mark, and release) of the San Francisco garter snake 
    (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) to include the greater Pacifica area, 
    San Mateo County, California and for take (capture and release; radio-
    tag) the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) in the 
    greater Pacifica area and the San Francisco International Airport, San 
    Mateo County, California in conjunction with population studies and 
    ecological research for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
    Permit No. 810678
        Applicant: Harmsworth Associates, Dove Canyon, California.
        The applicant requests an amendment of his permit to take (harass 
    by survey; capture and release; collect and sacrifice voucher 
    specimens) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), 
    longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole 
    shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San Diego fairy shrimp (Brachinecta 
    sandiegonensis), and Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) 
    in conjunction with surveys in vernal pools in San Diego, Orange, 
    Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern, Fresno, Merced, and Santa 
    Barbara Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing their 
    survival.
    Permit No. 802160
        Applicant: Bayfront Conservancy Trust, Chula Vista, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (collect eggs) the light-
    footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) in conjunction with a 
    captive breeding program at the Chula Vista Nature Center, San Diego 
    County, California for the purpose of enhancing its survival. Personnel 
    from the Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish and Wildlife Office, 
    Carlsbad, California will collect the eggs.
    Permit No. 811615
        Applicant: Cynthia Jones, San Diego, California.
        The applicant requests an amendment to her permit to take (locate 
    and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
    traillii extimus) in conjunction with removal of brown-headed cowbird 
    (Molothrus ater) eggs throughout the species range in California for 
    the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 828741
        Applicant: Johnson Wang, Clayton, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (capture/release; collect 
    voucher specimens) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) in 
    conjunction with life history studies in Marin County, California for 
    the purpose of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 758175
        Applicant: John and Jane Griffith, San Clemente, California.
        The applicants request an amendment of their permit to take (harass 
    by survey) the light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) 
    and the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), and take 
    (harass by survey and nest monitoring) the southwestern willow 
    flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Imperial County, California 
    and Yuma County, Arizona, and take (harass by survey, locate and 
    monitor nests, capture, band and release) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo 
    bellii pusillus) in Imperial County, California in conjunction with 
    surveys and life history studies for the purpose of enhancing their 
    survival.
    Permit No. 829201
        Applicant: Bernard May, Davis, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (capture/release, 
    electroshock, collect tissue samples, and sacrifice) the Mojave tui 
    chub (Gila bicolor mojavensis) and Owens tui chub (Gila bicolor 
    snyderi) in conjunction with genetic research in Inyo, Mono, Madera, 
    and San Bernardino Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing 
    their survival.
    Permit No. 829204
        Applicant: H. Lee Jones, Lake Isabella, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the 
    southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) and the 
    least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction with surveys 
    and population monitoring in San Diego, Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, 
    San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, California 
    for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
    Permit No. 829250
        Applicant: Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Laie, Hawaii.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (capture; flipper-tag; 
    satellite and radio-tag; and release) the hawksbill sea turtle 
    (Eretmochelys imbricata) in conjunction with reproductive and 
    ecological research in Hawaii and Maui Counties, Hawaii for the purpose 
    of enhancing its survival.
    Permit No. 828708
        Applicant: Maria-Paloma Nieto, Nipomo, California.
        The applicant requests a permit to take (locate and monitor nests) 
    the California least tern (Sterna antillarum brownii) and western snowy 
    plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in conjunction with population 
    monitoring in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, California 
    for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
    
    DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
    on or before June 26, 1997.
    
    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; FAX: 503-231-6243. 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 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.
    
        Dated: May 20, 1997.
    Thomas J. Dwyer,
    Regional Director, Region 1 Portland, Oregon.
    [FR Doc. 97-13745 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
05/27/1997
Department:
Fish and Wildlife Service
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of receipt of permit applications.
Document Number:
97-13745
Dates:
Written comments on these permit applications must be received on or before June 26, 1997.
Pages:
28726-28728 (3 pages)
PDF File:
97-13745.pdf