Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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.
Comments on these permit applications must be received on or before October 21, 2013.
Written data or comments should be submitted to the Endangered Species Program Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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.
Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife Biologist; see
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
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey and locate and monitor nests) the southwestern willow flycatcher (
The applicant requests a permit renewal and amendment to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and release) the callippe silverspot butterfly (
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey and conduct maintenance, restoration, and habitat enhancement activities) the El Segundo blue butterfly (
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (survey, capture, handle, measure, determine sex, insert passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags, radio-collar, vaccinate, collect biological samples, conduct veterinary care, transport, and release to the wild) the San Miguel Island fox (
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, mark, collect tissue, insert passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags, and release) the San Francisco garter snake (
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, mark, and release) the California tiger salamander (Santa Barbara County DPS and Sonoma County DPS) (
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly (
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
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.