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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">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.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="1">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.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-27460A</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>Brian A. Zitt</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2488802" type="Town" name="Santa Ana, CA, US">Santa Ana, California</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, electroshock, capture, handle, and release) the Santa Ana sucker ( <species_scientific name="Catostomus santaanae">Catostomus santaanae</species_scientific> ) and take (survey, capture, handle, and release) the arroyo toad ( <species_scientific name="Bufo californicus">Bufo californicus</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring activities throughout the range of each species in <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location>, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-088197</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>High Mesa Research</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2510652" type="Town" name="Valdez, NM, US">Valdez, New Mexico</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (September 5, 2006, 71 FR 52336) to take (harass by survey) the southwestern willow flycatcher ( <species_scientific name="Empidonax traillii extimus">Empidonax traillii extimus</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring activities throughout the range of the species in <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location> and <research_location woeId="2347587" type="State" name="Nevada, US">Nevada</research_location> for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-835549</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>Charles H. Black</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2487889" type="Town" name="San Diego, CA, US">San Diego, California</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (March 6, 2000, 65 FR 11798) to remove/remove to possession California Orcutt grass ( <species_scientific name="Orcuttia californica">Orcuttia californica</species_scientific> ) and willowy monardella ( <species_scientific name="Monardella linoides subsp.viminea">Monardella linoides subsp. viminea</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with population monitoring, germination, and growth studies from Marine Corps Air Station <research_location woeId="2452273" type="Suburb" name="Miramar, San Diego, CA, US">Miramar, California</research_location>, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-29658A</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>Cindy Dunn</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2487889" type="Town" name="San Diego, CA, US">San Diego, California</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to take (survey by pursuit) the <applicant>Quino</applicant> checkerspot butterfly ( <species_scientific name="Euphydryas editha quino">Euphydryas editha quino</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with surveys throughout the range of the species in <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location> for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-776608</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>Monk and Associates Incorporated</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2513768" type="Town" name="Walnut Creek, CA, US">Walnut Creek, California</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit (October 7, 2002, 67 FR 62492) to take (install and remove egg laying substrates within occupied habitat) the <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location> tiger salamander ( <species_scientific name="Ambystoma californiense">Ambystoma californiense</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with research throughout the range of the species in <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location> for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-29522A</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>Kenneth L. Gilliland</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2511650" type="Town" name="Ventura, CA, US">Ventura, California</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to take (survey, locate and monitor nests, population monitor, collect carcasses and infertile eggs) the <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location> least tern ( <species_scientific name="Sterna antillarum browni">Sterna antillarum browni</species_scientific> ) and take (monitor nests, collect carcasses and infertile eggs) the least <applicant>Bell</applicant>'s vireo ( <species_scientific name="Vireo bellii pusillus">Vireo bellii pusillus</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with surveys and population monitoring activities at the Guadalupe Restoration Project, <research_location woeId="12587709" type="County" name="San Luis Obispo, CA, US">San Luis Obispo County, California</research_location>, for the purpose of enhancing their survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-082908</p>
<p type="1">Applicant: <applicant>Melanie S. Rocks</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2523194" type="Town" name="Woodland, CA, US">Woodland, California</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, collect, and kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp ( <species_scientific name="Branchinecta conservatio">Branchinecta conservatio</species_scientific> ), the longhorn fairy shrimp ( <species_scientific name="Branchinecta longiantenna">Branchinecta longiantenna</species_scientific> ), the Riverside fairy shrimp ( <species_scientific name="Streptocephalus wootoni">Streptocephalus wootoni</species_scientific> ), the <research_location woeId="2487889" type="Town" name="San Diego, CA, US">San Diego</research_location> fairy shrimp ( <species_scientific name="Branchinecta sandiegonensis">Branchinecta sandiegonensis</species_scientific> ), and the vernal pool tadpole shrimp ( <species_scientific name="Lepidurus packardi">Lepidurus packardi</species_scientific> ), and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly ( <species_scientific name="Euphydryas editha quino">Euphydryas editha quino</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with survey activities throughout the range of each species in <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location> for the purpose of enhancing their survival.</p>
<p type="1">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.</p>
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