81_FR_43349 81 FR 43222 - Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits

81 FR 43222 - Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 127 (July 1, 2016)

Page Range43222-43223
FR Document2016-15605

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2016-0074]; [FXIA16710900000-156-FF09A30000]


Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued 
the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered 
species, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of 
Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 
Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358-2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 
(telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the dates below, as authorized by the 
provisions of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended, and/or the 
MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), we issued requested permits 
subject to certain conditions set forth therein. For each permit for an 
endangered species, we found that (1) the application was filed in good 
faith, (2) the granted permit would not operate to the disadvantage of 
the endangered species, and (3) the granted permit would be consistent 
with the purposes and policy set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

                                               Endangered Species
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                                                                 Receipt of application
              Permit No.                      Applicant         Federal Register notice    Permit issuance date
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36222B...............................  Busch Gardens..........  79 FR 54740; September   September 2, 2015.
                                                                 12, 2014.
51119B...............................  Tanganyika Wildlife      80 FR 33541; June 12,    October 19, 2015.
                                        Park.                    2015.
70015B...............................  Michael Braun,           80 FR 55868; September   May 5, 2016.
                                        Smithsonian              17, 2015.
                                        Institution Museum of
                                        Natural History.
57032B...............................  Tanganyika Wildlife      80 FR 64441; October     December 18, 2015.
                                        Park.                    23, 2015.
75939B...............................  Institute For            81 FR 2899; January 19,  May 11, 2016.
                                        Conservation of          2016.
                                        Tropical Environments,
                                        SUNY at Stony Brook.
78822B...............................  Denver Zoological        81 FR 5778; February 3,  May 3, 2016.
                                        Foundation.              2016.
86126B...............................  James Mercer...........  81 FR 8093; February     April 7, 2016.
                                                                 17, 2016.
82159B...............................  Wildlife Conservation    81 FR 9497; February     June 3, 2016.
                                        Society.                 25, 2016.
86976B...............................  Kenneth Morrill........  81 FR; 10884; March 2,   May 9, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
10982A...............................  The Austin Savanna.....  81 FR; 10884; March 2,   May 24, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
85599B...............................  Atlanta-Fulton County    81 FR 12116; March 8,    May 11, 2016.
                                        Zoo dba Zoo Atlanta.     2016.
87863B...............................  Danny Janecka..........  81 FR 12116; March 8,    April 20, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
51920A...............................  Evan Rosenoff..........  81 FR 16197; March 25,   May 12, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
88822B...............................  Armour Mellon..........  81 FR 16197; March 25,   June 1, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
77252B...............................  Wildlife Conservation    81 FR 16197; March 25,   June 3, 2016.
                                        Society.                 2016.
88755B...............................  Matthew Duel Saulsbury.  81 FR 16197; March 25,   May 26, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
91923B...............................  Wayne Catto............  81 FR 20666; April 8,    May 26, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
91319B...............................  Aubrey Beacham.........  81 FR 20666; April 8,    June 1, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
92092B...............................  Roger Hooten...........  81 FR 20666; April 8,    June 1, 2016.
                                                                 2016.

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84795B...............................  University of Minnesota  81 FR 23745; April 22,   June 3, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
81432B...............................  Auburn University......  81 FR 23745; April 22,   June 8, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
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                                                 Marine Mammals
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                                                                 Receipt of application
              Permit No.                      Applicant         Federal Register notice    Permit issuance date
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92150B...............................  Silverback Films.......  81 FR 29889; May 13,     June 21, 2016.
                                                                 2016.
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Availability of Documents

    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written 
request for a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358-2281.

Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
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                                                    offensive. For additional information,                                abstract: Primary: Individuals or                                ACTION:    Notice of issuance of permits.
                                                    please read the Privacy Act notice that                               households. USCIS will use this form to
                                                    is available via the link in the footer of                            determine whether applicants are                                 SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and
                                                    http://www.regulations.gov.                                           eligible for admission to the United                             Wildlife Service (Service), have issued
                                                       Written comments and suggestions                                   States under sections 210 and 245A of                            the following permits to conduct certain
                                                    from the public and affected agencies                                 the Act.                                                         activities with endangered species,
                                                    should address one or more of the                                        (5) An estimate of the total number of                        marine mammals, or both. We issue
                                                    following four points:                                                respondents and the amount of time                               these permits under the Endangered
                                                       (1) Evaluate whether the proposed                                  estimated for an average respondent to
                                                    collection of information is necessary                                                                                                 Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal
                                                                                                                          respond: 22 responses (Form I–690) at                            Protection Act (MMPA).
                                                    for the proper performance of the                                     approximately 3 hours per response; 11
                                                    functions of the agency, including                                    responses (Supplement 1) at                                      ADDRESSES:  Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and
                                                    whether the information will have                                     approximately 2 hours per response.                              Wildlife Service, Division of
                                                    practical utility;                                                       (6) An estimate of the total public                           Management Authority, Branch of
                                                       (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the                                   burden (in hours) associated with the                            Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
                                                    agency’s estimate of the burden of the                                collection: The total estimated annual                           Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358–
                                                    proposed collection of information,                                   hour burden associated with this                                 2281.
                                                    including the validity of the                                         collection is 88 hours.
                                                    methodology and assumptions used;                                        (7) An estimate of the total public                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                       (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and                              burden (in cost) associated with the                             Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
                                                    clarity of the information to be                                      collection: The estimated total annual                           (telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax);
                                                    collected; and                                                        cost burden associated with this                                 DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
                                                       (4) Minimize the burden of the
                                                                                                                          collection of information is $3,316.50.                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       On the
                                                    collection of information on those who
                                                    are to respond, including through the                                   Dated: June 24, 2016.                                          dates below, as authorized by the
                                                    use of appropriate automated,                                         Samantha Deshommes,                                              provisions of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531
                                                    electronic, mechanical, or other                                      Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination                            et seq.), as amended, and/or the MMPA,
                                                    technological collection techniques or                                Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S.                    as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), we
                                                    other forms of information technology,                                Citizenship and Immigration Services,                            issued requested permits subject to
                                                    e.g., permitting electronic submission of                             Department of Homeland Security.
                                                                                                                                                                                           certain conditions set forth therein. For
                                                    responses.                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–15655 Filed 6–30–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                                           each permit for an endangered species,
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                                                    Overview of This Information                                                                                                           we found that (1) the application was
                                                    Collection                                                                                                                             filed in good faith, (2) the granted
                                                      (1) Type of Information Collection:                                                                                                  permit would not operate to the
                                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                       disadvantage of the endangered species,
                                                    Extension, Without Change, of a
                                                    Currently Approved Collection.                                        Fish and Wildlife Service                                        and (3) the granted permit would be
                                                      (2) Title of the Form/Collection:                                                                                                    consistent with the purposes and policy
                                                                                                                          [Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2016–0074];                                set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
                                                    Application for Waiver of Grounds of
                                                                                                                          [FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000]
                                                    Inadmissibility.
                                                      (3) Agency form number, if any, and                                 Endangered Species; Marine
                                                    the applicable component of the DHS                                   Mammals; Issuance of Permits
                                                    sponsoring the collection: I–690; USCIS.
                                                      (4) Affected public who will be asked                               AGENCY:       Fish and Wildlife Service,
                                                    or required to respond, as well as a brief                            Interior.

                                                                                                                                        ENDANGERED SPECIES
                                                                                                                                                                          Receipt of application
                                                            Permit No.                                             Applicant                                                                                            Permit issuance date
                                                                                                                                                                         Federal Register notice

                                                    36222B ........................       Busch Gardens ..............................................      79 FR 54740; September 12, 2014 ...............            September 2, 2015.
                                                    51119B ........................       Tanganyika Wildlife Park ...............................          80 FR 33541; June 12, 2015 .........................       October 19, 2015.
                                                    70015B ........................       Michael Braun, Smithsonian Institution Mu-                        80 FR 55868; September 17, 2015 ...............            May 5, 2016.
                                                                                            seum of Natural History.
                                                    57032B ........................       Tanganyika Wildlife Park ...............................          80 FR 64441; October 23, 2015 ....................         December 18, 2015.
                                                    75939B ........................       Institute For Conservation of Tropical Envi-                      81 FR 2899; January 19, 2016 ......................        May 11, 2016.
                                                                                            ronments, SUNY at Stony Brook.
                                                    78822B     ........................   Denver Zoological Foundation .......................              81   FR 5778; February 3, 2016 ......................      May 3, 2016.
                                                    86126B     ........................   James Mercer ................................................     81   FR 8093; February 17, 2016 ....................       April 7, 2016.
                                                    82159B     ........................   Wildlife Conservation Society ........................            81   FR 9497; February 25, 2016 ....................       June 3, 2016.
                                                    86976B     ........................   Kenneth Morrill ...............................................   81   FR; 10884; March 2, 2016 ........................     May 9, 2016.
                                                    10982A     ........................   The Austin Savanna .......................................        81   FR; 10884; March 2, 2016 ........................     May 24, 2016.
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                                                    85599B     ........................   Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo dba Zoo Atlanta ..                      81   FR 12116; March 8, 2016 .........................     May 11, 2016.
                                                    87863B     ........................   Danny Janecka ..............................................      81   FR 12116; March 8, 2016 .........................     April 20, 2016.
                                                    51920A     ........................   Evan Rosenoff ................................................    81   FR 16197; March 25, 2016 .......................      May 12, 2016.
                                                    88822B     ........................   Armour Mellon ................................................    81   FR 16197; March 25, 2016 .......................      June 1, 2016.
                                                    77252B     ........................   Wildlife Conservation Society ........................            81   FR 16197; March 25, 2016 .......................      June 3, 2016.
                                                    88755B     ........................   Matthew Duel Saulsbury ................................           81   FR 16197; March 25, 2016 .......................      May 26, 2016.
                                                    91923B     ........................   Wayne Catto ..................................................    81   FR 20666; April 8, 2016 ...........................   May 26, 2016.
                                                    91319B     ........................   Aubrey Beacham ............................................       81   FR 20666; April 8, 2016 ...........................   June 1, 2016.
                                                    92092B     ........................   Roger Hooten .................................................    81   FR 20666; April 8, 2016 ...........................   June 1, 2016.



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                                                                                                                         ENDANGERED SPECIES—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                    Receipt of application
                                                            Permit No.                                        Applicant                                                                                         Permit issuance date
                                                                                                                                                                   Federal Register notice

                                                    84795B ........................   University of Minnesota ..................................       81 FR 23745; April 22, 2016 .........................   June 3, 2016.
                                                    81432B ........................   Auburn University ...........................................    81 FR 23745; April 22, 2016 .........................   June 8, 2016.


                                                                                                                                       MARINE MAMMALS
                                                                                                                                                                    Receipt of application
                                                            Permit No.                                        Applicant                                                                                         Permit issuance date
                                                                                                                                                                   Federal Register notice

                                                    92150B ........................   Silverback Films .............................................   81 FR 29889; May 13, 2016 ..........................    June 21, 2016.



                                                    Availability of Documents                                         address shown in ADDRESSES by August                          not consider requests or comments sent
                                                      Documents and other information                                 1, 2016.                                                      to an email or address not listed under
                                                                                                                      ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: You                           ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
                                                    submitted with these applications are
                                                    available for review, subject to the                              may submit comments by one of the                             address in your request for copies of
                                                    requirements of the Privacy Act and                               following methods:                                            applications, we will attempt to respond
                                                    Freedom of Information Act, by any                                   • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                      to your request electronically.
                                                                                                                      www.regulations.gov. Follow the                                  Please make your requests or
                                                    party who submits a written request for
                                                                                                                      instructions for submitting comments                          comments as specific as possible. Please
                                                    a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish
                                                                                                                      on Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2016–0075.                            confine your comments to issues for
                                                    and Wildlife Service, Division of
                                                    Management Authority, Branch of                                      • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public                       which we seek comments in this notice,
                                                                                                                      Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.                         and explain the basis for your
                                                    Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,                                                                                            comments. Include sufficient
                                                    Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358–                            FWS–HQ–IA–2016–0075; U.S. Fish and
                                                                                                                      Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS:                            information with your comments to
                                                    2281.                                                                                                                           allow us to authenticate any scientific or
                                                                                                                      BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
                                                    Brenda Tapia,                                                     Church, VA 22041–3803.                                        commercial data you include.
                                                    Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch                           When submitting comments, please                              The comments and recommendations
                                                    of Permits, Division of Management                                indicate the name of the applicant and                        that will be most useful and likely to
                                                    Authority.                                                        the PRT# you are commenting on. We                            influence agency decisions are: (1)
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–15605 Filed 6–30–16; 8:45 am]                       will post all comments on http://                             Those supported by quantitative
                                                    BILLING CODE 4333–15–P                                            www.regulations.gov. This generally                           information or studies; and (2) those
                                                                                                                      means that we will post any personal                          that include citations to, and analyses
                                                                                                                      information you provide us (see the                           of, the applicable laws and regulations.
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                        Public Comments section below for                             We will not consider or include in our
                                                                                                                      more information). Viewing Comments:                          administrative record comments we
                                                    Fish and Wildlife Service                                         Comments and materials we receive will                        receive after the close of the comment
                                                    [Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2016–0075];                                 be available for public inspection on                         period (see DATES) or comments
                                                    [FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000]                                  http://www.regulations.gov, or by                             delivered to an address other than those
                                                                                                                      appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4                             listed above (see ADDRESSES).
                                                    Endangered Species; Marine                                        p.m., Monday through Friday, except                           B. May I review comments submitted by
                                                    Mammals; Receipt of Applications for                              Federal holidays, at the U.S. Fish and                        others?
                                                    Permit                                                            Wildlife Service, Division of
                                                                                                                      Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg                              Comments, including names and
                                                    AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                                                                                            street addresses of respondents, will be
                                                                                                                      Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803;
                                                    Interior.                                                                                                                       available for public review at the street
                                                                                                                      telephone 703–358–2095.
                                                    ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications                                                                                       address listed under ADDRESSES. The
                                                                                                                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    for permit.                                                                                                                     public may review documents and other
                                                                                                                      Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
                                                                                                                                                                                    information applicants have sent in
                                                    SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and                                  (telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax);
                                                                                                                                                                                    support of the application unless our
                                                    Wildlife Service, invite the public to                            DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
                                                                                                                                                                                    allowing such viewing would violate
                                                    comment on the following applications                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                    the Privacy Act or Freedom of
                                                    to conduct certain activities with                                I. Public Comment Procedures                                  Information Act. Before including your
                                                    endangered species, marine mammals,                                                                                             address, phone number, email address,
                                                    or both. With some exceptions, the                                A. How do I request copies of                                 or other personal identifying
                                                    Endangered Species Act (ESA) and                                  applications or comment on submitted                          information in your comment, you
                                                    Marine Mammal Protection Act                                      applications?                                                 should be aware that your entire
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                                                    (MMPA) prohibit activities with listed                              Send your request for copies of                             comment—including your personal
                                                    species unless Federal authorization is                           applications or comments and materials                        identifying information—may be made
                                                    acquired that allows such activities.                             concerning any of the applications to                         publicly available at any time. While
                                                    DATES: We must receive comments or                                the contact listed under ADDRESSES.                           you can ask us in your comment to
                                                    requests for documents on or before                               Please include the Federal Register                           withhold your personal identifying
                                                    August 1, 2016. We must receive                                   notice publication date, the PRT-                             information from public review, we
                                                    requests for marine mammal permit                                 number, and the name of the applicant                         cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                    public hearings, in writing, at the                               in your request or submission. We will                        do so.


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Document Created: 2016-07-14 11:37:19
Document Modified: 2016-07-14 11:37:19
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of issuance of permits.
ContactBrenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 (telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); [email protected] (email).
FR Citation81 FR 43222 

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