[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]



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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.

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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.

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    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]
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