<NOTICE>
      <PREAMB>
        <AGENCY TYPE="N">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</AGENCY>
        <SUBAGY>Fish and Wildlife Service</SUBAGY>
        <SUBJECT>Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications</SUBJECT>
        <AGY>
          <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
          <P>Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.</P>
        </AGY>
        <ACT>
          <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD>
          <P>Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.</P>
        </ACT>
        <SUM>
          <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
          <P>We invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.</P>
        </SUM>
        <DATES>
          <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
          <P>Comments on these permit applications must be received on or before November 20, 2006.</P>
        </DATES>
        <ADD>
          <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD>
          <P>Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chief, Endangered Species, Ecological Services, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland,Oregon 97232-4181 (telephone: 503-231-2063; fax: 503-231-6243). Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when submitting comments. All comments received, including names and addresses, will become part of the official administrative record and may be made available to the public.</P>
        </ADD>
        <FURINF>
          <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
          <P>Linda Belluomini, Fish andWildlife Biologist, at the above Portland address.</P>
        </FURINF>
      </PREAMB>
      <SUPLINF>
        <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>

        <P>The following applicants have applied for scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531<E T="03">et seq.</E>). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (&#x201C;we&#x201D;) solicits review and comment from local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public on the following permit requests.</P>
        <HD SOURCE="HD1">Permit No. TE-131084</HD>
        <P>
          <E T="03">Applicant:</E>Angie Harbin-Ireland, Walnut Creek, California.</P>

        <P>The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, measure, and release) the California tiger salamander (<E T="03">Ambystoma californiense</E>) in conjunction with surveys throughout the species range in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</P>
        <HD SOURCE="HD1">Permit No. TE-131083</HD>
        <P>
          <E T="03">Applicant:</E>Lynn Hermansen, Walnut Creek, California.</P>

        <P>The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, measure, and release) the California tiger salamander (<E T="03">Ambystoma californiense</E>) in conjunction with surveys throughout the species range in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</P>
        <HD SOURCE="HD1">Permit No. TE-128295</HD>
        <P>
          <E T="03">Applicant:</E>Nicolas H. Bauer, Arcata, California.</P>

        <P>The applicant requests a permit to take (harass by survey, capture, handle, and release) the tidewater goby (<E T="03">Eucyclogobius newberryi</E>) in conjunction with surveys throughout the species range in California for the purpose of enhancing its survival.</P>
        <P>We solicit public review and comment on each of these recovery permit applications. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment, but you should be aware that we may be required to disclose your name and address pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Comments and materials received will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.</P>
        <SIG>
          <DATED>Dated: September 28, 2006.</DATED>
          <NAME>Linda Belluomini,</NAME>
          <TITLE>Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.</TITLE>
        </SIG>
      </SUPLINF>
      <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 06-8766 Filed 10-18-06; 8:45 am]</FRDOC>
      <BILCOD>BILLING CODE 4310-55-P</BILCOD>
    </NOTICE>