Endangered Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered 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 USC 1531 et seq.).

Permit No. 779910

Applicant: William E. Haas, San Diego, California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to: take (harass

by survey; capture, mark, release; relocate) the southwestern arroyo

toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) in Orange, Riverside, San Diego,

and Imperial Counties, California; take (locate and monitor nests;

capture, band, color-band, release) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo

bellii pusillus) throughout its range; take (harass by survey) the

light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) in San Diego

County, California; take (capture, measure, and release) the Pacific

pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) throughout its range;

and take (capture, measure, and release) the Stephens' kangaroo rat

(Dipodomys stephensi) throughout its range in California in conjunction

with presence or absence surveys, population monitoring, and ecological

research for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 796012

Applicant: Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, Sacramento,

California

The applicant requests an amendment to its permit to take (harass

by survey, capture and release, collect voucher specimens) the

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni) and San Diego fairy

shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis) throughout the species' range in

California in conjunction with presence or absence surveys and

scientific research for the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 825576

Applicant: Richard N. Wales Jr., Tustin, California

The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, measure, and

release) the southwestern arroyo toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus)

in conjunction with ecological research in Orange, Los Angeles, San

Diego, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties, California, for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 804203

Applicant: Steve Myers, Riverside, California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (locate

and monitor nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in

conjunction with population monitoring and removal of brown-headed

cowbird (Molothrus ater) eggs and chicks from parasitized nests

throughout the species range in California, and take (capture, handle,

and release) the San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami

parvus) in conjunction with presence or absence surveys and population

monitoring in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California, for

the purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 745541

Applicant: Stephen J. Montgomery, San Diego, California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (capture,

handle, and release) the Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus

scirpensis) in conjunction with life history studies in Inyo County,

California, and the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, for

the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 839480

Applicant: Richard Zembal, Laguna Niguel, California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass

by survey; capture, band, color-band, and release; collect eggs and

capture juveniles; and translocate) the light-footed clapper rail

(Rallus longirostris levipes) in Orange, San Diego, and Los Angeles

Counties, California, in conjunction with ecological research,

population monitoring, augmenting existing populations by translocating

eggs, and developing a captive breeding protocol at the Chula Vista

Nature Center, San Diego, California, for the purpose of enhancing its

survival. The ecological and population monitoring were previously

authorized under subpermit Zembrl-5.

Permit No. 838091

Applicant: Michael S. Cooperman, Corvallis, Oregon

The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, collect, and

sacrifice) larvae of the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and the

shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) in conjunction with

ecological research and life history studies in southern Oregon for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 832945

Applicant: Lisa M. Kegarice, San Bernardino, California

The applicant requests an amendment to her permit to take (harass

by survey) the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus

abdominalis) in conjunction with presence or absence surveys throughout

the range of the species in California for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. 813545

Applicant: Brock Ortega, Encinitas, California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass

by survey, collect and sacrifice) the Riverside fairy shrimp

(Streptocephalus wootoni), San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

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sandiegonensis), and vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) in

conjunction with presence and absence surveys and population monitoring

in San Diego, Riverside, and Orange Counties, California, for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 817400

Applicant: East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland, California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass

by survey using a motorized boat) the California clapper rail (Rallus

longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction with presence or absence surveys

in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 785564

Applicant: Parsons Harland Bartholomew & Associates, Sacramento,

California

The applicant requests an amendment to his permit to take (harass

by survey) the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus)

in conjunction with presence or absence surveys throughout the species

range in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 839093

Applicant: Thomas Wang, San Francisco, California

The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey; mark

larvae) the mission blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides missionensis)

in conjunction with scientific research in San Mateo County,

California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 815537

Applicant: Karen Swaim, Livermore, California

The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (capture, handle,

and release) the Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus)

and to take (harass by survey) 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 presence or absence surveys,

general aquatic surveys, and scientific research for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 836517

Applicant: Chet McGaugh, Riverside, California

The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (locate and

monitor nests) the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in

conjunction with population monitoring and removal of brown-headed

cowbird (Molothrus ater) eggs and chicks from parasitized nests

throughout the species' range in California for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No's. 832717, 794784, 797665

Applicants: Rodrick Dossey, El Cajon, California; Affinis, El Cajon,

California; RECON, San Diego, California

The applicants request a permit amendment to take (harass by

survey) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence surveys and ecological research

throughout the species' range in California, for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 810768

Applicant: Harmsworth Associates, Dove Canyon, California

The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by

survey; nest monitor) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax

traillii extimus) in conjunction with presence or absence surveys and

nest monitoring throughout the species' range in California, for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 801346

Applicant: Geoffrey L. Rogers, San Diego, California

The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (harass by

survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

in conjunction with presence or absence surveys in San Diego, Orange,

Imperial, and Riverside Counties, California, for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 839211

Applicant: Marnie Crook, Redland, California

The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and

release) the San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) in

conjunction with presence or absence surveys and population monitoring

in San Bernardino County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. 839483

Applicant: University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, collect

and sacrifice) the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio)

and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in conjunction

with the collection of soil samples at the Beale Air Force Base and

Jepson Prairie Reserve, California, for the purpose of enhancing their

survival.

Permit No. 839578

Applicant: David Evans and Associates, Inc., Bellevue, Washington

The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the

southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) throughout

the states of Utah and Nevada in conjunction with presence or absence

surveys for the purpose of enhancing its survival.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received

on or before March 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Chief,

Division of Consultation and Conservation Planning, 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, 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 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: February 20, 1998.

William F. Shake,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 98-5037 Filed 2-26-98; 8:45 am]

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