03-22500. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits for marine mammals and/or 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.), 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 permit(s) 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
073242	Gary M. Story	68 FR 39960; July 3, 2003	August 14, 2003.
073523	Mance Michael Park	68 FR 39960; July 3, 2003	August 14, 2003.
073579	Ronald D. Stoller	68 FR 41167; July 10, 2003	August 14, 2003.
073581	Darrel D. Stoller	68 FR 41167; July 10, 2003	August 14, 2003.

Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
072921	Marlowe Kottke	68 FR 40291; July 7, 2003	August 20, 2003.

Dated: August 22, 2003.

Charles S. Hamilton,

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