2011-11706. 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 e-mail [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 (telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax); [e-mail] (e-mail).

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
058670, 068239, 068240, 13186A, 13187A, and 13188A	Hawthorn Corporation	75 FR 63196; October 14, 2010	March 31, 2011.
21862A	Chicago Zoological Society dba Brookfield Zoo	76 FR 12990; March 9, 2011	April 21, 2011.
24269A	Chelonian Research Institute	75 FR 62139; October 7, 2010	March 31, 2011.
33990A	Allan Smith	76 FR 7580; February 10, 2011	March 25, 2011.
35237A	Harold Rank	76 FR 10623; February 25, 2011	March 28, 2011.
34141A	Nicholas Andreola	76 FR 10623; February 25, 2011	March 31, 2011.
35221A	Jeffrey L. Bearden	76 FR 10623; February 25, 2011	March 31, 2011.
30984A	U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center fir Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	76 FR 2408; January 13, 2011	April 6, 2011.
35246A	James McArtor	76 FR 12990; March 9, 2011	April 14, 2011.
Marine Mammals
690038	U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center	76 FR 7580; February 10, 2011	April 20, 2011.
19806A	Thomas Postel	75 FR 78731; December 16, 2010	May 6, 2011.

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:

Dated: May 6, 2011.

Brenda Tapia,

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