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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 recovery 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 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 (collect live specimens) the hammerhead pomace fly ( <species_scientific name="Drosophila heteroneura">Drosophila heteroneura</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with scientific research including genetic, morphological and behavioral research on the island of Hawaii in the State of Hawaii for the purpose of enhancing its survival. The applicant also requests a permit to take (collect and voucher) no more than two each of the following unnamed pomace fly species: <species_scientific name="Drosophila musaphilia">Drosophila musaphilia</species_scientific>, <species_scientific name="Drosophila aglaia">D. aglaia</species_scientific>,  <species_scientific name="Drosophila hemipeza">D. hemipeza</species_scientific>, <species_scientific name="Drosophila montgomeryi">D. montgomeryi</species_scientific>,  <species_scientific name="Drosophila obatai">D. obatai</species_scientific>, <species_scientific name="D. supstenoptera">D.supstenoptera</species_scientific>,  <species_scientific name="Drosophila tarphytrichia">D. tarphytrichia</species_scientific>, <species_scientific name="Drosophila differens">D. differens</species_scientific>,  <species_scientific name="Drosophila neoclavisetae">D. neoclavisetae</species_scientific>, and <species_scientific name="Drosophila ochrobasis">D. ochrobasis</species_scientific>, incidental to the collection of non-listed <species_scientific name="Drosohphila">Drosohphila</species_scientific> species in conjunction with genetic research on the islands of <research_location woeId="12588032" type="County" name="Kauai, HI, US">Kauai</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12485533" type="Island" name="Oahu, HI, US">Oahu</research_location>, <research_location woeId="20246137" type="Island" name="Molokai, HI, US">Molokai</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12588033" type="County" name="Maui, HI, US">Maui</research_location>, and <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">Hawaii</research_location> in the <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">State of Hawaii</research_location> for the purpose of enhancing their survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-018078</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Hawaii Volcanoes National Park</applicant>, <research_location woeId="55812559" type="LandFeature" name="Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI, US">Hawaii National Park, Hawaii</research_location>.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests an amendment to an existing scientific research permit to take (harass) the Hawaiian goose ( <species_scientific name="Branta sandvichensis">Branta sandvichensis</species_scientific> ) and the Hawaiian dark rumped petrel ( <species_scientific name="Pterodroma phaeopygia">Pterodroma phaeopygia</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with predator control activities on the island of <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">Hawaii</research_location> in the <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">State of Hawaii</research_location>, and remove/reduce to possession <species_scientific name="Cyanea shipmanii">Cyanea shipmanii</species_scientific> (haha) and <species_scientific name="Haplostachys haplostachya">Haplostachys haplostachya</species_scientific> (honohono) in conjunction with propagation and outplanting on the island of <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">Hawaii</research_location> in the <research_location woeId="2347570" type="State" name="Hawaii, US">State of Hawaii</research_location> for the purpose of enhancing their survival.</p>
<p type="2">Permit No. TE-141832</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Oregon State University</applicant>, Corvallis, Oregon.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests an amendment to an existing scientific research permit to take (capture, handle, and release) the Oregon chub ( <species_scientific name="Oregonichthys crameri">Oregonichthys crameri</species_scientific> ) in conjunction with research in the <research_location woeId="2347596" type="State" name="Oregon, US">State of Oregon</research_location>, for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</p>
<p type="2">Public Comments</p>
<p type="1">We are soliciting public review and comment on these recovery permit applications. 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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