2012-7669. 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.

Endangered Species

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
54893A	Joseph Hand	76 FR 65207; October 20, 2011	November 21, 2011.
59085A	Glen Hudson	76 FR 77006; December 9, 2011	January 17, 2012.
59367A	Ronald Bain	76 FR 77006; December 9, 2011	January 17, 2012.
59496A	James Moses	76 FR 77006; December 9, 2011	January 17, 2012.
57362A	Leonard Voyles	76 FR 77006; December 9, 2011	January 18, 2012.
58509A	Paxton Motheral	76 FR 77006; December 9, 2011	January 18, 2012.
60798A	Terrance Wolosek	76 FR 80384; December 23, 2011	January 31, 2012.
30686A	Donald Hotter	77 FR 2314; January 17, 2012	February 27, 2012.
52937A	Carlos Fernandez	76 FR 61733; October 5, 2011	March 7, 2012.
61192A	Jaqueline Seeno	77 FR 6139; February 7, 2012	March 8, 2012.
50819A	Zoological Society of San Diego	76 FR 77006; December 9, 2011	March 12, 2012.
63627A	Paul Monsen	77 FR 6139; February 7, 2012	March 12, 2012.
61274A	Stanley Coman	77 FR 2314; January 17, 2012	March 12, 2012.
57466A	Metro Richmond Zoo	77 FR 3493: January 24, 2012	March 15, 2012.
694126	National Institutes of Health	76 FR 80384; December 23, 2011	March 15, 2012.
65030A	Robin Thigpen	77 FR 6816; February 9, 2012	March 21, 2012.
63679A	Frank Metzger	77 FR 6139; February 7, 2012	March 21, 2012.
59019A	David Marovitz, University of Michigan	76 FR 78308; December 16, 2011	March 21, 2012.
59290A	Theodore Papenfuss, University of California	76 FR 78308; December 16, 2011	March 21, 2012.
56964A	Jeremy Searle, Cornell University	77 FR 3493; January 24, 2012	March 22, 2012.

Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
42872A	University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine	76 FR 44352; July 25, 2011	03/19/2012.

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.