81 FR 66989 - Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 189 (September 29, 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 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66989-66990]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23461]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2016-0125; 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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80786B....................  Phoenix Herpetological   81 FR 8093; February     September 19, 2016.
                             Society.                 17, 2016.
10982A....................  The Austin Savanna.....  81 FR 10884; March 2,    August 16, 2016.
                                                      2016.
80238B....................  New York University....  81 FR 23745; April 22,   September 15, 2016.
                                                      2016.
679476....................  Sunset Zoological Park.  81 FR 23745; April 22,   September 6, 2016.
                                                      2016.
90881B....................  Daniel Sterantino......  81 FR 27169; May 5,      September 6, 2016.
                                                      2016.
85554B....................  Nashville Zoo..........  81 FR 27169; May 5,      September 12, 2016.
                                                      2016.
99852B....................  Kristian O'Meara.......  81 FR 46698; July 18,    September 12, 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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84799B....................  Texas A&M University...  81 FR 29889; May 13,     September 20, 2016.
                                                      2016.
78234B....................  Natural History Museum   81 FR 33700; May 27,     September 16, 2016.
                             of Los Angeles County.   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. 2016-23461 Filed 9-28-16; 8:45 am]
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