Endangered Species Recovery Permit Application, 70602 [E7-24084]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
appointment, during normal business
hours at the above address.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Authority: The authority for this section is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.)
Endangered Species Recovery Permit
Application
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior
Notice of receipt of permit
application, request for comment.
ACTION:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), invite the public to
comment on the following application
to conduct certain activities with an
endangered species.
DATES: We must receive comments on
this permit application on or before
January 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written data or
comments to the Chief, Endangered
Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley,
Massachusetts 01035 (telephone: 413–
253–8615; fax: 413–253–8482). Please
refer to the permit number when
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martin Miller, at the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following applicant has applied for a
scientific research permit to conduct
specific activities with an endangered
species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We solicit review
and comment from local, State, and
Federal agencies and the public on the
following permit request:
SUMMARY:
Permit No. 166622
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Southwest Virginia Field
Office, Abingdon, Virginia. The
applicant requests a permit to take
(capture and kill) the Lee County Cave
isopod (Lirceus usdagalun) for the
purpose of defining populations
genetically and determining the degree
of genetic separation between
populations.
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Public Review of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
Comments and materials received will
be available for public inspection, by
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Thomas J. Healy,
Acting Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Recovery Plan for Hackelia venusta
(Showy Stickseed)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of the Recovery Plan for
Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed).
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final recovery
plan are available by request from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Central
Washington Field Office, 215 Melody
Lane, Wenatchee, Washington 98801.
Requests for copies of the final recovery
plan and materials regarding this plan
should be addressed to the Supervisor,
Central Washington Field Office, at the
above Wenatchee address. An electronic
copy of the final recovery plan will also
be made available online at https://
www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/
endangered/recovery/plans.html.
Printed copies of the recovery plan will
be available for distribution in 4 to 6
weeks.
Tim
McCracken, Fish and Wildlife Biologist,
at the above address, by calling 509–
665–3508, extension 17, or by electronic
mail to: Tim_McCracken@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
Restoring endangered or threatened
animals and plants to the point where
they are again secure, self-sustaining
members of their ecosystems is a
primary goal of our endangered species
program. The Endangered Species Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA) requires
the development of recovery plans for
listed species unless such a plan would
not promote the conservation of a
particular species. Recovery plans help
guide the recovery effort by describing
actions considered necessary for the
conservation of the species, establishing
criteria for downlisting or delisting
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listed species, and estimating time and
cost for implementing the measures
needed for recovery.
Section 4(f) of the ESA requires that
public notice, and an opportunity for
public review and comment, be
provided during recovery plan
development. The Draft Recovery Plan
for Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed)
was available for public comment from
March 13 through May 12, 2006 (71 FR
12711). All information presented
during the public comment period has
been considered prior to approval of
this final recovery plan, and is
summarized in an appendix to the
recovery plan. Some substantive
technical comments resulted in changes
to the recovery plan. Some substantive
comments regarding recovery plan
implementation did not result in
changes to the recovery plan, but were
forwarded to appropriate Federal or
other entities so that they can take these
comments into account during the
course of implementing recovery
actions. Individual responses to
comments were not provided.
Hackelia venusta is an attractive
perennial plant with showy white or
blue-tinged flowers in the forget-me-not
family (Boraginaceae). The species is a
narrow endemic, being known from
only 1 population of roughly 600
individuals in Chelan County,
Washington. It occurs primarily on
Federal lands, but a very small portion
of the population is on private lands.
Within its limited range, Hackelia
venusta is found in open areas of
steeply sloping, highly unstable granitic
sand and granite cliffs. The common
feature to its habitat appears to be the
relatively sparse cover of other vascular
plants and low canopy cover.
Hackelia venusta was listed as an
endangered species in 2002 (67 FR
5515). The major threats to Hackelia
venusta include: collection and physical
disturbance to the plants and habitat by
humans; mass wasting (landslides);
nonnative noxious weeds; competition
and shading from native trees and
shrubs due to fire suppression; some
highway maintenance activities; and
low seedling establishment. The small
population size and limited geographic
extent of the species exacerbates all of
these threats, and renders Hackelia
venusta highly vulnerable to extirpation
or extinction from either human-caused
or random natural events.
The objective of the recovery plan is
to reduce the threats to Hackelia
venusta sufficient to accomplish
increases in population size and
geographic distribution across its
estimated historical range so that the
species is no longer in danger of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Application
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit application, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the public
to comment on the following application to conduct certain activities
with an endangered species.
DATES: We must receive comments on this permit application on or before
January 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written data or comments to the Chief, Endangered
Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive,
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035 (telephone: 413-253-8615; fax: 413-253-
8482). Please refer to the permit number when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Miller, at the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicant has applied for a
scientific research permit to conduct specific activities with an
endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We solicit review and comment
from local, State, and Federal agencies and the public on the following
permit request:
Permit No. 166622
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Virginia Field
Office, Abingdon, Virginia. The applicant requests a permit to take
(capture and kill) the Lee County Cave isopod (Lirceus usdagalun) for
the purpose of defining populations genetically and determining the
degree of genetic separation between populations.
Public Review of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.
Comments and materials received will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above
address.
Authority: The authority for this section is the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.)
Dated: November 8, 2007.
Thomas J. Healy,
Acting Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24084 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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