E8-19521. 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 212, 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 permits 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
171630	Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden	73 FR 21980; April 23, 2008	June 27, 2008.
180709	Dr. M.K. Gonder, Univ., at Albany, SUNY, NY	73 FR 29144; May 20, 2008	July 25, 2008.
181813	Conservators' Center, Inc	73 FR 31709; June 3, 2008	July 17, 2008.

Endangered Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
032027 & 186914	Monterey Bay Aquarium	72 FR 70339; December 11, 2007 (both permits were published in one notice for PRT-032027)	July 25, 2008.
690038	U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center	73 FR 36891; June 30, 2008	July 31, 2008.

Dated: August 1, 2008.

Lisa J. Lierheimer,

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