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Applications
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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comment.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(Act) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such
activity. The Act also requires that we
invite public comment before issuing
these permits.
DATES: Comments on these permit
applications must be received on or
before October 26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments
should be submitted to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Endangered
Species Program Manager, Region 8,
2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606,
Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916–
414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486). Please
refer to the respective permit number for
each application when submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone:
760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct
certain activities with endangered
species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We seek
review and comment from local, State,
and Federal agencies and the public on
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the following permit requests. 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.
Permit No. TE–221294
Applicant: Michael J. Galloway, San
Diego, 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. TE–053598
Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego,
California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to an existing permit (April 4, 2002, 67
FR 16114) 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. TE–227185
Applicant: Andrew B. Eastty, San Diego,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (harass by survey and monitor
nests) the southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus)
and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino
checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas
editha quino) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring
throughout the range of the species in
California; Lincoln County, Nevada;
Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, La
Paz and Maricopa Counties in Arizona;
Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero, Eddy,
Lea, Sierra, Socorro and Lincoln
Counties, New Mexico; and El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson, Jeff Davis,
Presidio, and Brewster Counties in
Texas for the purpose of enhancing their
survival.
Permit No. TE–221295
Applicant: Angelica Mendoza, San
Bernardino, California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (survey by pursuit) the Quino
checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas
editha quino) in conjunction with
surveys within the San Jacinto Ranger
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District of the San Bernardino National
Forest, Riverside County, California for
the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE–221411
Applicant: The Center for Natural Lands
Management, Fallbrook, California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (harass by survey) the least Bell’s
vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); take (harass
by survey and monitor nests) the
southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax trailli extimus); take
(capture, handle, and release) the giant
kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens),
Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys
nitratoides nitratoides) and San
Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys
merriami parvus); take (survey by
pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha quino); and take
(capture, 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
and or nest monitoring activities
throughout the range of each species in
California for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE–095858
Applicant: Arianne B. Preite, Anaheim
Hills, California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to an existing permit (December 8, 2004,
69 FR 71070) to take (harass by survey)
the light footed clapper rail (Rallus
longirostris levipes) in conjunction with
surveys throughout the range of the
species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE–225938
Applicant: Frank R. Dittmer, San Diego,
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. TE–185595
Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento,
California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to an existing permit (June 27, 2008, 73
FR 36552) to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, and release) the
California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in conjunction with
surveys and population monitoring
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throughout the range of the species in
California for the purpose of enhancing
its survival.
Permit No. TE–225970
Applicant: Charlotte M. Marks,
Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (harass by survey, capture, handle,
and release) the California tiger
salamander (Ambystoma californiense)
in conjunction with surveys and
population monitoring throughout the
range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE–225974
Applicant: Midpeninsula Regional
Open Space District, Los Altos,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (survey, capture, handle, release,
and conduct habitat enhancement
activities) the San Francisco garter
snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in
conjunction with population monitoring
and habitat enhancement activities in
San Mateo County, California, for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
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. TE–227263
Applicant: Emilie A. Strauss, San
Rafael, California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (harass by survey) the California
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris
obsoletus) in conjunction with surveys
and population monitoring studies
throughout the range of the species in
California, for the purpose of enhancing
its survival.
Permit No. TE–795930
Applicant: Helm Biological
Consulting, Lincoln, California.
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The applicant requests an amendment
to an existing permit (February 16, 1996,
61 FR 6253) to take (collect soil
Permit No. TE–073205
containing Federally listed fairy shrimp
Applicant: Cristina P. Sandoval, Goleta,
cysts, translocate, and inoculate cysts
California.
into restored vernal pools) the
The applicant requests an amendment
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
to an existing permit, which we granted
May 26, 2005, for a Federally threatened conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp
species. The original permit allowed the (Branchinecta longiantenna), the
Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
applicant to take (harass by survey,
wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp
locate and monitor nests, erect nest
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the
exclosures, collect and incubate eggs
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
that are abandoned and/or in danger of
packardi) in conjunction with vernal
predation, captive-rear chicks, and
pool restoration and population
release them into the wild) the western
snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus enhancement activities throughout the
range of each species in California for
nivosus) in conjunction with surveys
the purpose of enhancing their survival.
and population monitoring activities at
the Coal Point Reserve in Santa Barbara
We invite public review and comment
County, California, for the purpose of
on each of these recovery permit
enhancing its survival. The applicant
applications. Comments and materials
requests an amendment to take (survey,
we receive will be available for public
locate, population monitor, place
inspection, by appointment, during
decoys, and play taped vocalizations)
normal business hours at the address
the California least tern (Sterna
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
antilluarum browni) in conjunction with
notice.
surveys and population monitoring
Dated: September 21, 2009.
activities at the Coal Point Reserve in
Santa Barbara County, California for the Michael Long,
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Acting Regional Director, Region 8,
Permit No. TE–117947
Applicant: Kevin B. Clark, San Diego,
California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to an existing permit (February 13, 2006,
71 FR 7563) to take (capture, collect,
and kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta conservatio), the
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara (MHA)
Nation’s Proposed Clean Fuels
Refinery, Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation, Ward County, ND
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
SUMMARY: On August 28, 2009, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) as co-lead agencies; and the
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA)
Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers as cooperating agencies,
published a Notice of Availability for a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) for the proposed Clean Fuels
Refinery (74 FR 44380). This notice
announces an extension of the public
comment period until October 28, 2009.
DATES: Public comments on the FEIS
must arrive on or before October 28,
2009.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry
written comments to Mike Black,
Regional Director, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Great Plains Regional Office,
115 4th Avenue, SE., Aberdeen, SD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Black, BIA, 605–226–7343, or
Steve Wharton, EPA, 303–312–6935 or
800–227–8917.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA
Nation) has requested that BIA accept
into trust status 469 acres for the MHA
Nation to construct, own, operate, and
maintain a petroleum refinery on 190
acres of the 469-acre parcel. The
remaining acres would be used to grow
forage for buffalo. The land in the
northeast corner of the Fort Berthold
Indian Reservation is located along
Highway 23, four miles west of the town
of Makoti in Ward County, North
Dakota.
The MHA Nation has also applied to
EPA for a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit
under the Clean Water Act for
discharges from the proposed refinery.
Feedstock for the proposed refinery
would include 10,000 barrels per stream
day (BPSD) of synthetic crude oil via
existing pipeline from Alberta, Canada;
3,000 BPSD of field butane from local
suppliers; 6 million standard cubic feet
per day of natural gas via existing
pipeline; and 300 barrels of bio-diesel or
8,500 bushels per day of soybeans. From
the feedstock, the refinery would
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2009-N199; 80221-1113-0000-F5]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act also requires
that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before October 26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Manager, Region
8, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916-
414-6464; fax: 916-414-6486). Please refer to the respective permit
number for each application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 760-431-9440; fax: 760-431-9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.). We seek review and comment from local, State, and Federal
agencies and the public on the following permit requests. 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.
Permit No. TE-221294
Applicant: Michael J. Galloway, San Diego, 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. TE-053598
Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (April 4,
2002, 67 FR 16114) 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. TE-227185
Applicant: Andrew B. Eastty, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey and
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli
extimus) and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction with surveys and population
monitoring throughout the range of the species in California; Lincoln
County, Nevada; Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, La Paz and Maricopa
Counties in Arizona; Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero, Eddy, Lea, Sierra,
Socorro and Lincoln Counties, New Mexico; and El Paso, Hudspeth,
Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and Brewster Counties in Texas for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-221295
Applicant: Angelica Mendoza, San Bernardino, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the
Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in conjunction
with surveys within the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San
Bernardino National Forest, Riverside County, California for the
purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-221411
Applicant: The Center for Natural Lands Management, Fallbrook,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); take (harass by survey and
monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailli
extimus); take (capture, handle, and release) the giant kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys ingens), Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides
nitratoides) and San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami
parvus); take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha quino); and take (capture, 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 and or nest monitoring activities
throughout the range of each species in California for the purpose of
enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-095858
Applicant: Arianne B. Preite, Anaheim Hills, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (December
8, 2004, 69 FR 71070) to take (harass by survey) the light footed
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-225938
Applicant: Frank R. Dittmer, San Diego, 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. TE-185595
Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (June 27,
2008, 73 FR 36552) to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and
release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) in
conjunction with surveys and population monitoring
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throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-225970
Applicant: Charlotte M. Marks, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture,
handle, and release) the California tiger salamander (Ambystoma
californiense) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring
throughout the range of the species in California for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-225974
Applicant: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Los Altos,
California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, capture, handle,
release, and conduct habitat enhancement activities) the San Francisco
garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in conjunction with population
monitoring and habitat enhancement activities in San Mateo County,
California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-073205
Applicant: Cristina P. Sandoval, Goleta, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit, which we
granted May 26, 2005, for a Federally threatened species. The original
permit allowed the applicant to take (harass by survey, locate and
monitor nests, erect nest exclosures, collect and incubate eggs that
are abandoned and/or in danger of predation, captive-rear chicks, and
release them into the wild) the western snowy plover (Charadrius
alexandrinus nivosus) in conjunction with surveys and population
monitoring activities at the Coal Point Reserve in Santa Barbara
County, California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival. The
applicant requests an amendment to take (survey, locate, population
monitor, place decoys, and play taped vocalizations) the California
least tern (Sterna antilluarum browni) in conjunction with surveys and
population monitoring activities at the Coal Point Reserve in Santa
Barbara County, California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
Permit No. TE-117947
Applicant: Kevin B. Clark, San Diego, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
13, 2006, 71 FR 7563) to take (capture, 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. TE-227263
Applicant: Emilie A. Strauss, San Rafael, California.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey) the
California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in conjunction
with surveys and population monitoring studies throughout the range of
the species in California, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.
Permit No. TE-795930
Applicant: Helm Biological Consulting, Lincoln, California.
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (February
16, 1996, 61 FR 6253) to take (collect soil containing Federally listed
fairy shrimp cysts, translocate, and inoculate cysts into restored
vernal pools) 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 vernal pool restoration and
population enhancement activities throughout the range of each species
in California for the purpose of enhancing their survival.
We invite 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: September 21, 2009.
Michael Long,
Acting Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, California.
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