2019-13791. Endangered Species; Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act.

ADDRESSES:

Information about the applications for the issued permits listed in this notice is available online at www.regulations.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703-358-2104, via email at [e-mail], or via the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened species in response to permit applications that we received under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

After considering the information submitted with each permit application and the public comments received, we issued the requested permits subject to certain conditions set forth in each permit. For each application 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.

Availability of Documents

The permittees' original permit application materials, along with public comments we received during public comment periods for the applications, are available for review. To locate the application materials and received comments, go to www.regulations.gov and search for the appropriate permit number (e.g., 12345C) provided in the following table.

Permit No.	Applicant	Permit issuance date
80989C	U.S. Geological Survey	March 13, 2019.
85964C	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	March 13, 2019.
84889C	Chicago Zoological Society	March 13, 2019.
98983C	Zoological Society of San Diego	March 13, 2019.
98985C	Zoological Society of San Diego	March 13, 2019.
99617C	Wildlife Conservation Society	March 13, 2019.
00760D	Eastern Connecticut State University	March 13, 2019.
50259C	Univ. of California, Davis	March 13, 2019.
79703C	Safari Game Search Foundation	March 21, 2019.
08526D	Greensboro Science Center	March 21, 2019.
08907D	Daniel W. Pearson	March 21, 2019.
99164C	Uno Mas Ranch LLC	March 25, 2019.
02149D	Uno Mas Ranch LLC	March 25, 2019.
84932C	Great Plains Zoo	March 25, 2019.
99011C	Forrest M. Simpson	March 25, 2019.
86122C	Arthur E. Bogan, NC Museum of Natural Sciences	March 25, 2019.
97801C	Wild Cat Education & Conservation Fund	March 25, 2019.
98330C	Wildlife Partners LLC	March 25, 2019.
93748A	Surprise Spring Foundation	March 25, 2019.
91440C	Minnesota Zoological Gardens	March 25, 2019.
95637C	L.A. Waters Ranch, LLC	March 25, 2019.
91449C	Panthera Corporation	March 26, 2019.
99652C	L. Michael Romero, Tufts University	March 28, 2019.
10997B	Lauren Ogburn	March 28, 2019.
84335C	Nancy Speed	March 28, 2019.
93568C	Zoological Society of San Diego	March 28, 2019.
75693A	Turtle Back Zoo	March 28, 2019.
62698C	Saint Louis Zoo	March 6, 2019.
007870	Smithsonian National Zoological Park	March 12, 2019.
08540D	Center for the Conservation of Tropical Ungulates, LLC	April 1, 2019.
05678D	San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium	April 3, 2019.
42604C	Saint Louis Zoo	April 12, 2019.
78380C	Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium	May 8, 2019.
11986D	Los Angeles Zoo	May 14, 2019.
17573D	Denver Zoo	May 14, 2019.
21469B	University of Illinois	May 14, 2019.
85317C	Wildlife Conservation Society	May 14, 2019.
93295C	Field Museum of Natural History	May 14, 2019.
98899C	Nicole Angeli, Smithsonian Institution	May 14, 2019.

Authorities

We issue this notice under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and their implementing regulations.

Brenda Tapia,

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