2012-15838. 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.

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
Endangered Species
51599A	Kurt Wille	76 FR 61733; October 5, 2011	November 16, 2011.
57058A	Hahn Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	77 FR 298; January 4, 2012	April 12, 2012.
54173A	Hahn Laboratory/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	77 FR 2314; January 17, 2012	April 12, 2012.
62465A	John Jackman	77 FR 9687; February 17, 2012	March 22, 2012.
60964A	Scott Jennings	77 FR 9687; February 17, 2012	March 22, 2012.
58210A	Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium	77 FR 9687; February 17, 2012	May 4, 2012.
65782A, 65783A, 65785A, 65787A, 65789A, 65790A, 65792A, 65793A, 65796A, 66550A, 66549A, 66547A, 66546A, and 66548A	Feld Entertainment, Inc.	77 FR 17494; March 26, 2012	May 14, 2012.
59285A, 65776A, 65778A, 65780A, and 65781A,	Feld Entertainment, Inc.	77 FR 17494; March 26, 2012	May 17, 2012.
71576A	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	77 FR 22604; April 16, 2012	June 18, 2012.
72333A	Lonny Traweek	77 FR 24510; April 24, 2012	June 19, 2012
Marine Mammals
58292A	Mote Marine Laboratory	77 FR 12870; March 2, 2012	June 20, 2012.
48161A	Dr. Martin Levin, University of Connecticut	77 FR 22604; April 16, 2012	June 20, 2012.
220876	Alaska Department of Fish and Game	77 FR 24510; April 24, 2012	June 22, 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.