2010-735. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.

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: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, Virginia 22203; fax [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Management Authority, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that on the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the requested permits subject to certain conditions set forth therein. For each permit for an endangered species, the Service 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 Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.

Endangered Species

Permit number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
003005	Louisiana State University LSU Museum of Natural Science	74 FR 47821; September 17, 2009	December 3, 2009
217648	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	74 FR 37240, July 28, 2009	December 8, 2009
222610	Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo	74 FR 46222, September 8, 2009	December 17, 2009
225871	Lorenzo J. Ferraro	74 FR 49017; September 25, 2009	November 16, 2009
228690	Jorge L. Medina	74 FR58977; November 16, 2009	January 6, 2010
229221	James C. Faith	74 FR 55062; October 26, 2009	November 27, 2009
230602	Edward D. Pylman	74 FR 58977; November 16, 2009	December 23, 2009
231522	Robert B. Spencer	74 FR 58977; November 16, 2009	December 17, 2009

Marine Mammals

Permit number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
220876	Alaska Department of Fish and Game	74 FR 46222; September 8, 2009	December 22, 2009
227386	David E. Clapham, M.D., PH.D, Department of Cardiology Children's Hospital	74 FR 58977; November 16, 2009	December 22, 2009

Dated: January 8, 2010.

Brenda Tapia,

Program Analyst, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.