2017-20277. Foreign Endangered Species and 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 the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

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 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax [phone]. To locate the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the application for each permit listed in this document, go to www.regulations.gov and search on the permit number provided in the tables in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Russell, [phone] (telephone); [phone] (fax); or [e-mail] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/or the Marine Mammal Protection Act (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 number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
Endangered Species
22685C	Feld Entertainment, Inc	82 FR 28349; June 21, 2017	August 14, 2017.
24212C	University of Alaska Fairbanks	82 FR 25616; June 2, 2017	August 3, 2017.
14503C	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017	August 8, 2017.
15849C	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017	August 8, 2017.
Marine Mammals
29633C	Off Spring Films	82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017	August 10, 2017.

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].

Authority: We issue this notice under the authority of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

Joyce Russell,

Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.