[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14122-14126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05890]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2016-N041; FXES11130800000-167-FF08E00000]
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, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act also requires
that we invite public comment before issuing recovery permits to
conduct certain activities with endangered species.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before April 15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the
Endangered
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Species Program Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8, 2800
Cottage Way, Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916-414-
6464; fax: 916-414-6486). Please refer to the respective permit number
for each application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 760-431-9440; fax: 760-431-9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.). We seek review and comment from local, State, and Federal
agencies and the public on the following permit requests.
Applicants
Permit No. TE-86884B
Applicant: Scott L. Lillie, Surprise, Arizona
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by survey
and nest monitor) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax
traillii extimus) in conjunction with survey activities in California,
Arizona, and Nevada, for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-139628
Applicant: Garcia and Associates, San Francisco, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
(Rana sierrae) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the
range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-36118B
Applicant: Callie J. Ford, Escondido, California
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, capture, and release) the Casey's June beetle (Dinacoma caseyi)
in conjunction with survey activities in Riverside County, California,
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-86906B
Applicant: Yosemite National Park, El Portal, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, transport, release, collect and/or translocate (eggs, tadpoles,
and adults), captive rear, insert PIT (passive integrated transponder)
tag, and attach VIT (visual implant elastomer tag) the Sierra Nevada
yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) in conjunction with research
activities in Yosemite National Park, California, for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-787924
Applicant: Markus Spiegelberg, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (locate and monitor
nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); and take (harass
by survey and nest monitor) the southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with survey activities
throughout the range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit No. TE-157216
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, mark, pit tag, and take biological samples) the San Francisco
garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in conjunction with
scientific research activities throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-87004B
Applicant: Tara R. Baxter, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with survey activities throughout the range of the species for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-027736
Applicant: David Lacoste, San Marcos, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by pursuit)
the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino); take (harass
by survey, capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, and collect
branchiopod cysts) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San
Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy
shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp
(Lepidurus packardi); and take (harass by survey) the southwestern
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with
survey activities throughout the range of the species for the purpose
of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-837448
Applicant: Douglas W. Allen, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (survey by pursuit)
the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino); take (harass
by survey, capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, and collect
branchiopod cysts) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), and
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi); and take (harass by
survey, capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, collect, process,
analyze vernal pool soil samples for egg (cyst) identification, and
hatch out eggs for species identification) the Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni), and San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
sandiegonensis) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the
range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-842267
Applicant: Steve Foreman, Vacaville, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the California freshwater shrimp
(Syncaris pacifica) in Sonoma, Marin, and Napa Counties, California;
and take (survey, trap, capture, handle, mark, and release) the salt
marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) in conjunction with
survey activities throughout the range of the species for the purpose
of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-87548B
Applicant: Jonathan N. Baskin, San Marino, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and
release) the unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus
williamsoni) in Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Bernardino Counties,
California; take (capture, handle, and release) the tidewater goby
(Eucyclogobius newberryi), and Owens tui chub (Gila bicolor snyderi);
and take (harass by survey, capture, preserve voucher specimens, and
release) the desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) in conjunction with
research activities throughout the range of the species in California,
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
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Permit No. TE-778668
Applicant: Bryan M. Mori, Santa Cruz, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander
(Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) in areas north of Kern and San Luis
Obispo Counties, California; and take (harass by survey, capture, and
release) the California tiger salamander ((central distinct population
segment (DPS), Santa Barbara County DPS, and Sonoma County DPS)
(Ambystoma californiense)) in conjunction with research activities
throughout the range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit No. TE-092476
Applicant: Scott Quinnell, California Department of Transportation, San
Bernardino, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by pursuit)
the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in
conjunction with survey activities throughout the range of the species
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-87580B
Applicant: City of Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass/harm while
conducting habitat restoration activities) the San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis) in conjunction with survey and
restoration activities in Costa Mesa, California, for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-181714
Applicant: Pieter Johnson, Boulder, Colorado
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, examine for limb malformations, take biological
samples, and release) the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma
macrodactylum croceum) and California tiger salamander ((central DPS
and Sonoma County DPS) (Ambystoma californiense)) in conjunction with
research activities in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa,
Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa
Cruz, Sonoma, Solano, and Yolo Counties, California, for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-148555
Applicant: Phillip Brylski, Irvine, California
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (survey, capture,
handle, and release) the Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides
exilis), Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), giant
kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys merriami parvus), Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys
stephensi), Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis), salt
marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), Pacific pocket mouse
(Perognathus longimembris pacificus), and riparian woodrat (Neotoma
fuscipes riparia) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the
range of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit No. TE-40087B
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Sonora, California
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
collecting eggs, tadpoles, and metamorphs for captive rearing) the
Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) in conjunction with
captive rearing activities in California for the purpose of enhancing
the species' in survival.
Permit No. TE-42833A
Applicant: Ian Maunsell, San Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by
survey, capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, and collect
branchiopod cysts) the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
woottoni) and San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis) in
conjunction with survey activities throughout the range of the species
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-64146A
Applicant: Patricia M. Varcarcel, San Francisco, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, mark, and release) the San Francisco garter snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in conjunction with survey activities
throughout the range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit No. TE-88417B
Applicant: Phoenix Biological Consulting, Tehachapi, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, nest
monitor, and remove brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) eggs and
chicks from parasitized nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus); and take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, and release) the San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica),
Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), and giant
kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) in conjunction with survey activities
throughout the range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit No. TE-59775A
Applicant: Norman Sisk, Friant, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the California tiger salamander ((central
DPS, Santa Barbara County DPS, and Sonoma County DPS) (Ambystoma
californiense)) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the
range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-023240
Applicant: William Stolp, Oakhurst, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, and collect branchiopod
cysts) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio),
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San Diego fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi); take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and release) the
California tiger salamander ((central DPS, Santa Barbara County DPS,
and Sonoma County DPS) (Ambystoma californiense)), mountain yellow-
legged frog ((southern California DPS, and northern California DPS)
(Rana muscosa)), Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae), and
blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia silus) in conjunction with survey
activities throughout the range of the species for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
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Permit No. TE-094308
Applicant: Shay Lawrey Redlands, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey)
the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
throughout the range of the species in California; and take (harass by
capture, handle, and release) the San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys merriami parvus) in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San
Bernardino Counties, California, in conjunction with survey activities
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-162652
Applicant: Mary Shea, Rohnert Park, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the California tiger salamander ((central
DPS, Santa Barbara County DPS, and Sonoma County DPS) (Ambystoma
californiense)) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the
range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-64546A
Applicant: Power Engineers, Inc., Meridian, Idaho
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, nest
monitor, and remove brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) eggs and
chicks from parasitized nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with survey activities in
Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-88597B
Applicant: Scott Crawford, Yorba Linda, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino); and take (harass
by survey, capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, and collect
branchiopod cysts) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San
Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy
shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp
(Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with survey activities throughout
the range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the species'
survival.
Permit No. TE-054120
Applicant: Russell Huddleston, Oakland, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to remove/reduce to
possession the Chloropyron molle subsp. molle (Cordylanthus mollis
subsp. mollis) (soft bird's-beak), Eriogonum apricum (incl. vars.
apricum and prostratum) (Ione buckwheat and Irish Hill buckwheat),
Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), Neostapfia colusana
(Colusa grass), Orcuttia tenuis (slender orcutt grass), Orcuttia
viscida (Sacramento orcutt grass), Pseudobahia bahiifolia (Hartweg's
golden sunburst), Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass) on Federal lands
throughout the range of the species; and take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, release, collect vouchers, and collect branchiopod
cysts) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio),
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San Diego fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the range of
the species for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-786728
Applicant: Avocet Research Associates, LLC
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
California Ridgway's rail (California clapper r.) (Rallus obsoletus
obsoletus) (R. longirostris o.) in conjunction with survey activities
throughout the range of the species for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit No. TE-071215
Applicant: Rebecca Doubledee, Oakland, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the California tiger salamander ((central
DPS, Santa Barbara County DPS, and Sonoma County DPS) (Ambystoma
californiense)), and Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) in
conjunction with survey activities throughout the range of the species
for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-88748B
Applicant: Erika L. Walther, Oakland, California
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, release, collect adult vouchers, and collect branchiopod cysts)
the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi); and
take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and release) the California
tiger salamander ((central DPS, Santa Barbara County DPS, and Sonoma
County DPS) (Ambystoma californiense)) in conjunction with survey
activities throughout the range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-097845
Applicant: ManTech SRS Technologies, Lompoc, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, release, collect adult vouchers, and collect
branchiopod cysts) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San
Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy
shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp
(Lepidurus packardi) throughout the range of the species; take (harass
by survey and nest monitor) the California least tern (Sternula
antillarum browni) (Sterna a. browni) in Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo Counties, California; take (harass by survey and nest monitor)
the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in
Vandenberg Air Force Base; take (survey by pursuit, incidentally
handle, and release larvae during host plant seed collection) the El
Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) in Los Angeles,
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California; and
take (harass by survey, capture, handle, release, and collect) the
unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni)
in Santa Barbara County, California, in conjunction with surveys,
population monitoring, and research activities for the purpose of
enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-029414
Applicant: Nathan T. Moorhatch, La Habra, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (survey by pursuit)
the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus
abdominalis); take (harass by pursuit) Quino checkerspot butterfly
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(Euphydryas editha quino); and take (survey by pursuit, handle, and
live-capture) Casey's June beetle (Dinacoma caseyi) in conjunction with
survey activities throughout the range of the species in California for
the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit No. TE-836491
Applicant: Michael Wilcox, Riverside, California
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (survey by pursuit)
the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)
in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California; take (harass by
pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in
Riverside, Orange, and San Diego Counties, California; and take (survey
by pursuit, handle, and live-capture) the Casey's June beetle (Dinacoma
caseyi) throughout the range of the species in conjunction with survey
activities for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Public Comments
We invite public review and comment on each of these recovery
permit applications. Comments and materials we receive will be
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business
hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, Sacramento,
California.
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