81 FR 58960 - Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 166 (August 26, 2016)

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).

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 58960]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20554]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2016-0108; 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.

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                                                                   Receipt of
             Permit No.                     Applicant         application Federal       Permit issuance date
                                                                Register notice
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                                               Endangered Species
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81689B.............................  Leon Munyan...........  81 FR 5778; February   April 5, 2016.
                                                              3, 2016.
82084B.............................  Edwin Rymut...........  81 FR 8093; February   May 9, 2016.
                                                              17, 2016.
84562B.............................  University of           81 FR 16197; March     August 22, 2016.
                                      California.             25, 2016.
88754B.............................  Arthur Webber.........  81 FR 16197; March     June 1, 2016.
                                                              25, 2016.
88758B.............................  Douglas Wyatt.........  81 FR 16197; March     June 1, 2016.
                                                              25, 2016.
94211B.............................  Terry Freeman.........  81 FR 33700; May 27,   July 20, 2016.
                                                              2016.
93135B.............................  Patrick Ballenger.....  81 FR 33700; May 27,   July 25, 2016.
                                                              2016.
88951B.............................  Terry Jones...........  81 FR 33700; May 27,   July 25, 2016.
                                                              2016.
91101B.............................  Greenville Zoo........  81 FR 35792; June 3,   July 26, 2016.
                                                              2016.
87845B.............................  Xochitl De La Rosa      81 FR 40716; June 22,  July 27, 2016.
                                      Reyna.                  2016.
98525B.............................  Kevin Petersen........  81 FR 40716; June 22,  August 4, 2016.
                                                              2016.
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                                                 Marine Mammals
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90060B.............................  Laura Graham..........  81 FR 43223; July 1,   August 16, 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.
[FR Doc. 2016-20554 Filed 8-25-16; 8:45 am]
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