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submitted with these applications are Permit No. TE–839891 We solicit public review and available for review, subject to the comment on each of these recovery Applicant: Jack Levy, Pasadena, requirements of the Privacy Act and permit applications. . Freedom of Information Act, by any The permittee requests an amendment Dated: December 19, 2003. party who submits a written request for Paul L. Henson, a copy of such documents within 30 to take (harass by photographing) the Behren’s silverspot butterfly (Speyeria Acting Manager, California/Nevada days of the date of publication of this Operations Office, Region 1, U.S. Fish and notice to the address above (telephone: zerene behrensii), the Callippe silverspot butterfly (Speyeria callippe Wildlife Service. 503–231–2063). Please refer to the [FR Doc. 04–1556 Filed 1–23–04; 8:45 am] respective permit number for each callippe), the Carson wandering skipper BILLING CODE 4310–55–P application when requesting copies of (Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus), the documents. Lange’s metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei), the lotis blue butterfly SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis), the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Permit No. TE–079442 mission blue butterfly (Icaricia Fish and Wildlife Service icarioides missionensis), the Myrtle’s Applicant: David Zippin, San Jose, silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene Endangered and Threatened Species California. myrtleae), the San Bruno elfin butterfly Permit Applications The applicant requests a permit to (Callophrys mossii bayensis), and the remove/reduce to possession (collect Smith’s blue butterfly (Euphilotes AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, plants and seeds) Cordylanthus (=Shijimiaeoides) enoptes smithi) in Interior. palmatus (palmate-bracted bird’s-beak) conjunction with research in San Mateo, ACTION: Notice of receipt of application. in conjunction with research in Yolo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Lassen, Contra Colusa, Alameda, and Madera Counties, Costa, Mendocino, Marin, and Monterey SUMMARY: The following applicant has California, for the purpose of enhancing Counties, California, for the purpose of applied for a scientific research permit its survival. enhancing their survival. to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section Permit No. TE–839211 Permit No. TE–066621 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Applicant: Marnie McKernan, Applicant: Naval Base Ventura Act of 1973, as amended. Redlands, California. County Point Mugu, Point Magu, DATES: To ensure consideration, written The permittee requests an amendment California. comments must be received on or before to take (harass by survey and locate and The permittee requests an amendment February 25, 2004. monitor nests) the southwestern willow to take (harass) the California least tern ADDRESSES: Written comments should flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), (Sterna antillarum browni) in be submitted to the Chief, Endangered and take (harass by survey) the San conjunction with monitoring by camera Species Division, Ecological Services, Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys at Naval Base Ventura County Point P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New merriami parvus) in conjunction with Mugu, California, for the purpose of Mexico 87103. Documents and other demographic studies in Riverside, San enhancing its survival. information submitted with this Bernardino, Orange, Imperial, and San application are available for review, Diego Counties, California, for the Permit No. TE–080774 subject to the requirements of the purpose of enhancing their survival. Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Permit No. TE–080293 Arcata, California. Act. Documents will be available for public inspection, by appointment only, Applicant: Jolene Pucci, Northridge, The applicant requests a permit to during normal business hours at the California. take (capture, handle, radio-tag, mark, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500 Gold The applicant requests a permit to and release) the Point Arena mountain Avenue, SW., Room 4102, Albuquerque, remove/reduce to possession (collect beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra) in New Mexico. Please refer to the permit plants and seeds) Pentachaeta lyonii conjunction with ecological research in number when submitting comments. All (Lyon’s pentachaeta) in conjunction Mendocino County, California, for the comments received, including names with research in Los Angeles and purpose of enhancing its survival. and addresses, will become part of the Ventura Counties, California, for the Permit No. TE–080779 official administrative record and may purpose of enhancing its survival. Applicant: Melissa Wilson, San Diego, be made available to the public. Permit No. TE–080297 California. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Applicant: Ellen Cypher, Bakersfield, The applicant requests a permit to Chief, Endangered Species Division, California. take (harass by survey) the Conservancy (505) 248–6920. The applicant requests a permit to fairy shrimp ( conservatio), SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: remove/reduce to possession (collect the longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta Permit No. TE–080636 plants and seeds) Cordylanthus longiantenna), the Riverside fairy palmatus (palmate-bracted bird’s-beak), shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the Applicant: Terracon Inc., Lenexa, Eremalche kernensis (Kern mallow), San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta Kansas. Opuntia treleasei (Bakersfield cactus), sandiegonensis), the vernal pool tadpole Applicant requests a new permit for and Pseudobahia bahiifolia (Hartweg’s shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), and take research and recovery purposes to golden sunburst) in conjunction with (survey by pursuit) the Quino conduct presence/absence surveys, research in Fresno, Colusa, Glenn, checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas baiting, and trapping of American Alameda, Madera, San Joaquin, Yolo, editha quino) in conjunction with burying beetles (Nicrophorus Kern, Stanislaus, and Tulare Counties, surveys throughout the range of each americanus) within Arkansas, Kansas, California, for the purpose of enhancing species in California for the purpose of Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. their survival. enhancing their survival. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.

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Dated: January 9, 2004. (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), requires that, Range and Distribution Susan MacMullin, for any petition to revise the List of Midvalley fairy shrimp have been Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Threatened and Endangered Species found in the following California Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New that contains substantial scientific and counties: Sacramento, Solano, Contra Mexico. commercial information that listing may Costa, San Joaquin, Madera, Merced, [FR Doc. 04–1557 Filed 1–23–04; 8:45 am] be warranted, we make a finding within Fresno and Yolo (Belk and Fugate 2000; BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 12 months of the date of the receipt of California Natural Diversity Database the petition on whether the petitioned (CNDDB) 2003a). The known action is (a) not warranted, or (b) occurrences of midvalley fairy shrimp DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR warranted, or (c) warranted but are distributed in five different Vernal precluded by other pending proposals. Fish and Wildlife Service Pool Regions as described by Keeler- Such 12-month findings are to be Wolf et al. (1998) (Southeastern published promptly in the Federal Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Sacramento Valley, Livermore, Southern Register. Sierra Foothills, San Joaquin Valley, and and Plants; 12-Month Finding for a On August 31, 2001, we received a the Solano-Colusa Region). Each of Petition To List the Midvalley Fairy petition dated August 14, 2001, from the Shrimp as Endangered Center for Biological Diversity and these regions is classified as having VernalPools.Org, requesting us to list different or unique vernal pool AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, characteristics. The area encompassed Interior. the midvalley fairy shrimp as an endangered species. On April 29, 2003, by these regions includes the vernal ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition pool habitats in the San Joaquin Valley, finding. we announced an initial petition finding in the Federal Register that the petition the Sierra Nevada foothills from Yuba SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and presented substantial information to County south to Kern County, the Wildlife Service (Service), announce a indicate the petitioned action may be Sacramento Valley from Glenn County 12-month finding for a petition to list warranted (68 FR 22724). In accordance south to Santa Clara County along the the midvalley fairy shrimp with section 4(b)(3)(A) of the Act, we Coast Range. Although the vernal pool (Branchinecta mesovallensis) under the have now completed a status review of grassland complexes which are Endangered Species Act of 1973, as the best available scientific and contained within these regions offer amended. After reviewing the available commercial information on the species, unique or specific environmental scientific and commercial information, and have reached a determination conditions for the species inhabiting we find that listing is not warranted at regarding the petitioned action. This them, without site specific knowledge of this time. We ask the public to submit determination meets deadline the exact habitat requirements of the to us any new information that becomes requirements established by a court- midvalley fairy shrimp it would be available concerning the status of or approved consent decree (Butte difficult to rule these areas out as not threats to the species. This information Environmental Council v. Wayne White, being habitat available for the species. will help us monitor and encourage the Consent Decree, CIV.S–00–797 WBS). Midvalley fairy shrimp are distributed conservation of this species. within the same vernal pool complexes Species Information as other listed vernal pool DATES: The finding announced in this The midvalley fairy shrimp is a small (vernal pool fairy shrimp, vernal pool document was made on January 20, (0.28 to 0.79 inch (in), (7 to 20 tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), 2004. Although further listing action millimeter (mm)) freshwater and ) and will not result from this finding, we found in shallow ephemeral pools known habitat preferences for midvalley request that you submit new (pools that seasonally fill and dry up) fairy shrimp can be reasonably information concerning the status of or near the middle of California’s Central presumed to fall within the parameters threats to this species whenever it Valley (Helm 1998; Eriksen and Belk of these listed vernal pool crustaceans. becomes available. 1999; Belk and Fugate 2000). It swims Since we published our 90-day ADDRESSES: The complete file for this on its back by beating its phyllopods, finding on a petition to list the species finding is available for inspection, by which are legs with leaflike or in April, 2003 (68 FR 22724), the appointment, during normal business paddlelike structures. The moving CNDDB has documented six new sites hours, at the Sacramento Fish and phyllopods also extract oxygen from the (two in Yolo County and 4 in Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife water, along with floating bits of food Sacramento County). This brings the Service, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, such as phytoplankton and detrital total number of known occurrences CA 95825–1846. Submit new bacterial colonies. from 52 to 58. Additional records not information, materials, comments, or The midvalley fairy shrimp was only recorded in CNDDB have also been questions concerning this species to the recently formally described as a species documented as a result of surveys in Service at the above address. by Belk and Fugate (2000). Adult males east Merced County in 2001 and 2002 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen of the species most closely resemble (K. Fien, in litt. 2002, CNDDB 2002, Tarr or Arnold Roessler, at the male Conservancy fairy shrimp CNDDB 2003). The increase of known Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office (Branchinecta conservatio), while adult locations lends additional support to the (see ADDRESSES section above), by females more closely resemble female idea that the range and distribution of telephone at (916) 414–6600, by vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta midvalley fairy shrimp is greater than facsimile at (916) 414–6712, or by lynchi). Distinguishing characteristics the distribution of known occurrences. electronic mail at include differently shaped second The two reported occurrences in Yolo [email protected]. antennae for males, and the absence of County are in an area previously not SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: a pair of bumps on the third thoracic known to support midvalley fairy segments of females (Belk and Fugate shrimp. Background 2000). Both of these characteristics can With the exception of eastern Merced Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Endangered not be confirmed through visual County, the range and distribution of Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) observation in the field. the midvalley fairy shrimp has been

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