03-18391. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits for marine mammals and endangered species.

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 700, 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.), 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 number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
064369	San Francisco Zoological Society	68 FR 11872; March 12, 2003	June 27, 2003.
067661	David W. Inouye, University of Maryland	68 FR 20020; April 23, 2003	June 27, 2003.
810465	A.R. Galloway Exotic Ranch	68 FR 22409, April 28, 2003	July 10, 2003.

Marine Mammals

Permit number	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
070362	Kenneth O. Harrison	68 FR 20166, April 24, 2003	June 25, 2003.
070534	Walter Mays Jr.	68 FR 22409, April 28, 2003	June 27, 2003.
070952	Wayne F. Manis	68 FR 25620, May 13, 2003	July 3, 2003.

Dated: July 11, 2003.

Charles S. Hamilton,

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