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Fish and Wildlife Service

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or before January 14, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: We invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.

SUMMARY: Endangered and threatened species permit applications,

SUPPLEMENTAL 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. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay 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.
Permit No. TE168924

Applicant: Jeff E. Gurule, North Fork, California.

The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE168923

Applicant: Randall L. Stringer, Carmichael, California.

The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE043630
Applicant: San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, California

The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey) the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction with ecological research in San Francisco, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE066621
Applicant: Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Point Mugu, California.

The permittee requests and amendment to take (harass by survey) the light footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) and take (band chicks) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE110373

Applicant: Eric F. Kline, San Diego, California.

The applicant 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. TE168927

Applicant: Drew C. Stokes, San Diego, California.

The permittee requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, tag, collect tissue, mark by toeclipping, and release) the arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE839480

Applicant: Richard Zembal, Laguna Hills, California.

The applicant requests an amendment to take (harass by survey and monitor) the California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) in conjunction with population monitoring and other life history studies in Orange County California for the purpose of enhancing its survival. Permit No. TE168926

Applicant: Kailash K. Mozumder, Encinitas, 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. TE168957
Applicant: Virginia M. VonBerg, San Luis Obispo, California.

The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, and collect and kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE142435

Applicant: Debra Shier, Topanga, California.

The applicant requests an amenment to take (capture, handle, mark, translocate, and release) the Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

We solicit 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.

Dated: December 10, 2007.
Michael Fris,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California. [FR Doc. E724246 Filed 121307; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, see ADDRESSES, (telephone: 7604319440; fax: 7604319624).