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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">In accordance with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the public to comment on applications for permits to conduct enhancement of survival activities with endangered species.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="1">The following applicants have applied for a recovery permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). We are soliciting review of and comments on these applications by local, State, and Federal agencies and the public.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-02997A</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>University of Hawaii</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2422344" type="Town" name="Hilo, HI, US">Hilo, Hawaii</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, and release) <species_scientific name="Drosophila sharpi">Drosophila sharpi</species_scientific> (formerly <species_scientific name="Drosophila attigua">D. attigua</species_scientific> ) in conjuction with genetic research on non-listed <species_scientific name="Drosophila">Drosophila</species_scientific> species on the island of Kauai in the State of Hawaii for the purpose of enhancing its propagation and survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-702631</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services</applicant>, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <applicant_location woeId="2475687" type="Town" name="Portland, OR, US">Portland, Oregon</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The permittee requests a permit amendment to allow Service employees and their designated agents to remove/reduce to possession the following species in the State of Hawaii: <species_scientific name="Astelia waialealae">Astelia waialealae</species_scientific> (painiu), <species_scientific name="Canavalia napaliensis">Canavalia napaliensis</species_scientific> (awikiwiki), <species_scientific name="Chamaesyce eleanoriae">Chamaesyce eleanoriae</species_scientific> (akoko), <species_scientific name="Chamaesyce remyi var.kauaiensis">Chamaesyce remyi var. kauaiensis</species_scientific> (akoko), <species_scientific name="Chamaesyce remyi var.remyi">Chamaesyce remyi var. remyi</species_scientific> (akoko), <species_scientific name="Charpentiera densiflora">Charpentiera densiflora</species_scientific> (papala), <species_scientific name="Cyanea dolichopoda">Cyanea dolichopoda</species_scientific> (haha) <species_scientific name="Cyanea eleeleensis">Cyanea eleeleensis</species_scientific> (haha), <species_scientific name="Cyanea kolekoleensis">Cyanea kolekoleensis</species_scientific> (haha), <species_scientific name="Cyanea kuhihewa">Cyanea kuhihewa</species_scientific> (haha), <species_scientific name="Cyrtandra oenobarba">Cyrtandra oenobarba</species_scientific> (haiwale), <species_scientific name="Cyrtandra paliku">Cyrtandra paliku</species_scientific> (haiwale), <species_scientific name="Diellia mannii">Diellia mannii</species_scientific> (no common name [ncn]), <species_scientific name="Doryopteris angelica">Doryopteris angelica</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Dryopteris crinalis">Dryopteris crinalis</species_scientific> var. podosorus (palapalai aumakua), <species_scientific name="Dubautia kalalauensis">Dubautia kalalauensis</species_scientific> (naenae), <species_scientific name="Dubautia kenwoodii">Dubautia kenwoodii</species_scientific> (naenae), <species_scientific name="Dubautia imbricata ssp.imbricata">Dubautia imbricata ssp. imbricata</species_scientific> (naenae), <species_scientific name="Dubautia plantaginea ssp.magnifolia">Dubautia plantaginea ssp. magnifolia</species_scientific> (naenae), <species_scientific name="Dubautia waialealae">Dubautia waialealae</species_scientific> (naenae), Geranium kauaiense (nohoanu), <species_scientific name="Keysseria erici">Keysseria erici</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Keysseria helenae">Keysseria helenae</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Labordia helleri">Labordia helleri</species_scientific> (kamakahala), <species_scientific name="Labordia pumila">Labordia pumila</species_scientific> (kamakahala), <species_scientific name="Lysimachia daphnoides">Lysimachia daphnoides</species_scientific> (lehua makanoe), <species_scientific name="Lysimachia iniki">Lysimachia iniki</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Lysimachia pendens">Lysimachia pendens</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Lysimachia scopulensis">Lysimachia scopulensis</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Lysimachia venosa">Lysimachia venosa</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Melicope degeneri">Melicope degeneri</species_scientific> (alani), <species_scientific name="Melicope paniculata">Melicope paniculata</species_scientific> (alani), <species_scientific name="Melicope puberula">Melicope puberula</species_scientific> (alani), <species_scientific name="Myrsine knudsenii">Myrsine knudsenii</species_scientific> (kolea), <species_scientific name="Myrsine mezii">Myrsine mezii</species_scientific> (kolea), <species_scientific name="Phyllostegia renovans">Phyllostegia renovans</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Pittosporum napaliense">Pittosporum napaliense</species_scientific> (hoawa), <species_scientific name="Platydesma rostrata">Platydesma rostrata</species_scientific> (pilo kea lau li i), <species_scientific name="Pritchardia hardyi">Pritchardia hardyi</species_scientific> (loulu), <species_scientific name="Psychotria grandiflora">Psychotria grandiflora</species_scientific> (kopiko), <species_scientific name="Psychotria hobdyi">Psychotria hobdyi</species_scientific> (kopiko), <species_scientific name="Schiedea attenuata">Schiedea attenuata</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Stenogyne kealiae">Stenogyne kealiae</species_scientific> (ncn), <species_scientific name="Tetraplasandra bisattenuata">Tetraplasandra bisattenuata</species_scientific> (ohe), and <species_scientific name="Tetraplasandra flynnii">Tetraplasandra flynnii</species_scientific> (ohe), all of the above species are endemic to the island of Kauai; to take the akikiki ( <species_scientific name="Oreomystis bairdi">Oreomystis bairdi</species_scientific> ), akekee ( <species_scientific name="Loxops caeruleirostris">Loxops caeruleirostris</species_scientific> ), and the picture-wing fly ( <species_scientific name="Drosophila sharpi">Drosophila sharpi</species_scientific> (= <species_scientific name="Drosophila attigua">D. attigua</species_scientific> ), all of which endemic to the island of Kauai; to take the flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly ( <species_scientific name="Megalagrion nesiotes">Megalagrion nesiotes</species_scientific> ), which is endemic to the island of Maui; and to take the <research_location woeId="55959717" type="Ocean" name="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</research_location> Hawaiian damselfly ( <species_scientific name="Megalagrion pacificum">Megalagrion pacificum</species_scientific> ), which is endemic to the islands of <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">Hawaii</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12588033" type="County" name="Maui, HI, US">Maui</research_location>, and <research_location woeId="20246137" type="Island" name="Molokai, HI, US">Molokai</research_location>. The purpose of these activities is to carry out recovery actions which will enhance the species' propagation and survival.</p>
<p type="2">Public Comments</p>
<p type="1">We are soliciting public review and comment on these recovery permit applications. Submit written comments to the Program Manager, Endangered Species ( see address above). 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.</p>
<p type="1">Please refer to the permit number for the application when submitting comments. All comments and materials we receive in response to this request will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.</p>
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