82 FR 44439 - Foreign Endangered Species and Marine Mammals Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)

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 the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2017-0062; FXIA16710900000-156-FF09A30000]


Foreign Endangered Species and 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 the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(MMPA).

ADDRESSES: 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 the 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. To locate the Federal Register notice that announced our 
receipt of the application for each permit listed in this document, go 
to www.regulations.gov and search on the permit number provided in the 
tables in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Russell, (703) 358-2023 
(telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); or [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the dates below, as authorized by the 
provisions of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/or the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act (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 application
        Permit number                  Applicant          Federal Register notice       Permit issuance date
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                                               Endangered Species
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22685C.......................  Feld Entertainment, Inc.  82 FR 28349; June 21,     August 14, 2017.
                                                          2017.
24212C.......................  University of Alaska      82 FR 25616; June 2,      August 3, 2017.
                                Fairbanks.                2017.
14503C.......................  The University of         82 FR 31347; July 6,      August 8, 2017.
                                Alabama at Birmingham.    2017.
15849C.......................  The University of         82 FR 31347; July 6,      August 8, 2017.
                                Alabama at Birmingham.    2017.
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                                                 Marine Mammals
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29633C.......................  Off Spring Films........  82 FR 31347; July 6,      August 10, 2017.
                                                          2017.
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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.

    Authority: We issue this notice under the authority of the ESA, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the MMPA, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

Joyce Russell,
Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
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