2015-26878. 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, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; 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 No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
Endangered Species
46280B	Project Survival	80 FR 24961; May 1, 2015	September 23, 2015.
63546B	Project Survival	80 FR 24961; May 1, 2015	September 23, 2015.
075249	Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History	80 FR 43790; July 23, 2015	September 23, 2015.
64797A	Recordbuck Ranch	80 FR 43790; July 23, 2015	September 23, 2015.
51130B	Brady Champion Ranch, LLC	80 FR 43790; July 23, 2015	September 25, 2015.
58205B	Washington Park Zoo	80 FR 43790; July 23, 2015	September 10, 2015.
71117B	Mark Corry	80 FR 46042; August 3, 2015	September 10, 2015.
59071B	Earth Promise	80 FR 46042; August 3, 2015	September 23, 2015.
71735B	Steven Smith	80 FR 47947; August 10, 2015	September 11, 2015.
72213B	John Klein	80 FR 47947; August 10, 2015	September 11, 2015.
66259B	Stanford University	80 FR 47947; August 10, 2015	September 29, 2015.
72286B	Robert Windstead	80 FR 51299; August 24, 2015	September 25, 2015.
72842B	Jeffery Palmer	80 FR 51299; August 24, 2015	September 25, 2015.
73008B	Andrew Wood	80 FR 51299; August 24, 2015	September 25, 2015.
66618B	U.S. Geological Survey	80 FR 51299; August 24, 2015	October 9, 2015.
68941B	John Justus	80 FR 51299; August 24, 2015	September 25, 2015.
53920B	Zoological Society of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens	80 FR 53323; September 3, 2015	October 9, 2015.
74210B	Richard Papapietro	80 FR 55868; September 17, 2015	October 19, 2015.
74205B	David Florance	80 FR 55868; September 17, 2015	October 19, 2015.
Marine Mammals
45505B	Terri Williams, University of California	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	October 13, 2015.

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 [phone].

Brenda Tapia,

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