2016-20554. 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, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, 703-358-2104 (telephone); 703-358-2281 (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
81689B	Leon Munyan	81 FR 5778; February 3, 2016	April 5, 2016.
82084B	Edwin Rymut	81 FR 8093; February 17, 2016	May 9, 2016.
84562B	University of California	81 FR 16197; March 25, 2016	August 22, 2016.
88754B	Arthur Webber	81 FR 16197; March 25, 2016	June 1, 2016.
88758B	Douglas Wyatt	81 FR 16197; March 25, 2016	June 1, 2016.
94211B	Terry Freeman	81 FR 33700; May 27, 2016	July 20, 2016.
93135B	Patrick Ballenger	81 FR 33700; May 27, 2016	July 25, 2016.
88951B	Terry Jones	81 FR 33700; May 27, 2016	July 25, 2016.
91101B	Greenville Zoo	81 FR 35792; June 3, 2016	July 26, 2016.
87845B	Xochitl De La Rosa Reyna	81 FR 40716; June 22, 2016	July 27, 2016.
98525B	Kevin Petersen	81 FR 40716; June 22, 2016	August 4, 2016.
Marine Mammals
90060B	Laura Graham	81 FR 43223; July 1, 2016	August 16, 2016.

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: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax [phone].

Brenda Tapia,

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