[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 33133-33134] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-16241] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.). Permit No. 815213 Applicant: Anne Tipton, Arroyo Grande, California. The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the California least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) for the purpose of enhancing its survival in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California. Permit No. 815214 Applicant: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Arroyo Grande, California. The applicant requests a permit to take (harass while erecting and monitoring exclosures) the California least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) for the purpose of enhancing its survival in conjunction with minimizing or eliminating human impacts at Pismo Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California. Permit No. 813775 Applicant: Phillip Unitt, San Diego Museum of Natural History, San Diego, California. The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), light- footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes), Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), and the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) throughout the range of these species in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring studies. Permit No. 794783 Applicant: Mark W. Webb, El Cajon, California. The applicant requests an amendment of his permit to include take (harass by survey) of the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) for the purpose of enhancing its survival in conjunction with conducting surveys in San Diego County, California. Permit No. 758175 Applicant: John Griffith and Jane Griffith, San Clemente, California. The applicants request an amendment of their permit to extend the area authorized to take (harass by survey; capture, band, and release) the coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) and least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and to take (harass by survey, and locate and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) to include Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino Counties, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival in conjunction with conducting life history studies. Permit No. 815413 Applicant: Susan E. Langland West, University of California, Los Angeles, California. The applicant request a permit to take (collect feathers, abandoned eggs, carcasses) the California least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) throughout the species range in California in conjunction with conducting genetic studies for the purpose of enhancing its survival. Permit No. 815144 Applicant: Rosemary Ann Thompson, Santa Barbara, California. [[Page 33134]] The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey; capture, and release) the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) for the purpose of enhancing its survival in conjunction with surveys and habitat studies in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, California. Permit No. 815251 Applicant: Philip R. Brown, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California. The applicant requests a permit to take (remove from the wild for exhibit and captive breeding) the arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) and the blunt-nosed leopard lizard [Gambelia (=Crotaphytus) silus] for educational purposes in Santa Barbara County, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival. Permit No. 766018 Applicant: Franklin Gress, California Institute of Environmental Studies, Davis, California. The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, band, color-band, radio-tag, and release, and collect eggs, feathers, and carcasses) the California brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) for the purpose of enhancing its survival in conjunction with life history studies in the southern California bight, including the immediate coast and the Channel Islands. DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received by no later than July 26, 1996. 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. 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 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, to the following office: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of Consultation and Conservation Planning, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181. Telephone: 503-231-2063; FAX: 503- 231-6243. Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when requesting copies of documents. Dated: June 14, 1996. Thomas Dwyer, Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. [FR Doc. 96-16241 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P