04-12734. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or marine mammals.

SUMMARY:

The following permits were issued.

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, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203; fax [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Management Authority, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice is hereby given that on the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and/or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the requested permit(s) subject to certain conditions set forth therein. For each permit for an endangered species, the Service 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 Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.

Endangered Species

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
082597	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	69 FR 13324; March 22, 2004	May 13, 2004.
084530	Bruce G. Cowell	69 FR 16285; March 29, 2004	May 17, 2004.

Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
084463	Jimmie C. Rosenbruch	69 FR 16285; March 29, 2004	May 19, 2004.
084882	Philip J. Guarino, Jr.	69 FR 17440; April 2, 2004	May 18, 2004.

Dated: May 21, 2004.

Monica Farris,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.