2011-23776. 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, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203; fax [phone]; or e-mail [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, [phone] (telephone); [phone] (fax); [e-mail] (e-mail).

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
15744A	San Diego Zoological Society	76 FR 27660; May 12, 2011	September 2, 2011.
30321A	Oklahoma City Zoological Park	76 FR 20705; April 13, 2011	July 22, 2011.
46316A	Lewis Metzger	76 FR 39432; July 6, 2011	August 15, 2011.
47120A	James Block	76 FR 44352; July 25, 2011	August 24, 2011.
46824A	Kendall Kilbourne	76 FR 44352; July 25, 2011	August 29, 2011.
Marine Mammals
770191	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, North Florida Ecological Services Office	75 FR 9251; March 1, 2010	August 30, 2011.

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:

Brenda Tapia,

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