2014-16134. 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 (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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.

Endangered Species

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
14237B	Houston Zoo	78 FR 67389; November 12, 2013	March 11, 2014.
18975B	Wildlife Conservation Society	78 FR 73877; December 9, 2013	February 25, 2014.
677648	University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute	78 FR 76171; December 16, 2013	May 30, 2014.
25430B	Edward Stehmeyer	79 FR 8203; February 11, 2014	April 11, 2014.
28374B	Villanova University	79 FR 10547; February 25, 2014	April16, 2014.
24137B	Minnesota Zoological Gardens	79 FR 10547; February 25, 2014	May 30, 2014.
26837B	JoAnn Holland	79 FR 10457; February 25, 2014	June 23, 2014.
28148B	Doyle Graham	79 FR 12215; March 4, 2014	June 23, 2014.
22125B	Los Angeles Zoo	79 FR 14528; March 14, 2014	June 26, 2014.
17469B	Zoological Society of San Diego	79 FR 14528; March 14, 2014	May 29, 2014.
22194B, 21674B, 21676B, 21677B, 21679B, and 21680B	Feld Entertainment	79 FR 15768; March 21, 2014	June 3, 2014.
29286B	Wesley Reeves	79 FR 15768; March 21, 2014	May 2, 2014.
29013B	Colin Cooper	79 FR 18575; April 2, 2014	May 12, 2014.
31023B	Paul Jackson	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 2, 2014.
31433B	Zeev Nederman	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 2, 2014.
32376B	Dallas Zoo	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 16, 2014.
717994	City of San Jose dba Happy Hollow Zoo	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 20, 2014.
738517	Roger Williams Park Zoo	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 20, 2014.
171815	Jeffrey Kengor	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 20, 2014.
28506B	University of Hawaii at Manoa	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 26, 2014.
230437	Virginia Institute of Marine Science	79 FR 24445; April 30, 2014	June 30, 2014.
34875B	Roger Oerter	79 FR 26452; May 8, 2014	June 23, 2014.
35981B	Phillip White	79 FR 28941; May 20, 2014	June 23, 2014.

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.