2017-12518. 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:

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]. To locate the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the application for each permit listed in this document, go to www.regulations.gov and search on the permit number provided in the tables below in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Russell, [phone]; (telephone); [phone]; (fax); [e-mail] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 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 number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
04978C	Maire A. Malone	81 FR 83278; November 21, 2016	January 09, 2017.
24006B	Gerard Z. Siatkowski	81 FR 27169; May 5, 2016	January 09, 2017.
02129C	Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology	81 FR 83278; Nov 21, 2016	January 17, 2017.
11143C	Pedro Salazar Sr	81 FR 90864; Dec 15, 2016	February 09, 2017.
05222C	Smithsonian National Zoological Park	81 FR 86723; December 1, 2016	February 13, 2017.
06408C	US Geological Survey	81 FR 76959; November 4, 2016	February 23, 2017.
94136B	Miami Seaquarium dba Festival Fun Parks, LLC	81 FR 90864; December 15, 2016	March 02, 2017.
12499C	Robert M. Behrend	81 FR 92845; December 20, 2016	March 01, 2017.
12330C	Ian K. Brimhall	81 FR 92845; December 20, 2016	March 06, 2017.

Marine Mammals

Permit number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
11556C	British Broadcasting Corporation	81 FR 92845; December 20, 2016	February 15, 2017.
02152C	SeaWorld LLC	81 FR 66991; September 29, 2016	March 2, 2017.

Authority: We issue this notice under the authority of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

Joyce Russell,

Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.