E7-23953. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or marine mammals.

SUMMARY:

The following permits were issued.

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 permit(s) 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
072945, 072948, 074389-074393, 074395, 074397, and 074398	Mitchel Kalmanson	72 FR 37795; July 11, 2007	October 31, 2007.

Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals

Permit number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
046081	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management	72 FR 37039; July 6, 2007	August 30, 2007.
134165	Edward Keith	72 FR 16383; April 4, 2007	August 20, 2007.
134907	North Slope Borough	72 FR 52905; September 17, 2007	November 7, 2007.
156390	University of Massachusetts Lowell	72 FR 48292; August 23, 2007	November 7, 2007.
801652	U.S. Geological Survey, BRD	72 FR 31601; June 7, 2007	November 7, 2007.
155087	Tom L. Miranda	72 FR 33242; June 15, 2007	September 20, 2007.
156712	John M. Azevedo	72 FR 37795; July 11, 2007	October 15, 2007.

Dated: November 16, 2007.

Lisa J. Lierheimer,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.