2017-12529. 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 the 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 in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Russell, [phone] (telephone); [phone] (fax); or [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 No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
86614B	Michael Rohweder	81 FR 90863; December 15, 2016	March 7, 2017.
045532	NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service	81 FR 95628; December 28, 2016	March 27, 2017.
11262C	Lewis E. Hardbower III	81 FR 90864; December 15, 2016	March 29, 2017.
96802B	Louisiana State University	81 FR 90863; December 15, 2016	March 30, 2017.

Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
02129C	Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, University of California, Davis	81 FR 83278; November 21, 2016	January 12, 2017.
01370C	Passion Planet	81 FR 51926; August 5, 2016	April 7, 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.