2012-31487. Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; 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, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

ADDRESSES:

Brenda Tapia, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203; fax [phone]; or email [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, [phone] (telephone); [phone] (fax); [e-mail] (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.

Permit number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
Endangered Species
75492A	John Farham	77 FR 34059; June 8, 2012	August 27, 2012.
75399A	Eric Moore	77 FR 34059; June 8, 2012	August 15, 2012.
073403, 114454, and 206853	Ferdinand Fercos Hantig and Anton Fercos Hantig	77 FR 64121; October 18, 2012	December 13, 2012.
88048A	George Harms	77 FR 66476; November 5, 2012	December 19, 2012.
89040A	Armand Brachman	77 FR 68809; November 16, 2012	December 19. 2012.
89172A	Thomas Hoffmann	77 FR 68809; November 16, 2012	December 19. 2012.
Marine Mammals
039386	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management	77 FR 44264; July 27, 2012	December 12, 2012.
186914	Monterey Bay Aquarium	77 FR 46514; August 3, 2012	December 21, 2012.

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

Brenda Tapia,

Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.