03-32041. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

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

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
016016	George Carden Circus International, Inc	68 FR 61011; October 24, 2003	December 4, 2003.
072584	Columbia University	68 FR 62096; October 31, 2003	December 3, 2003.
072945	Mitchel Kalmanson	68 FR 43156; July 21, 2003	November 11, 2003.
072948	Mitchel Kalmanson	68 FR 43156; July 21, 2003	November 11, 2003.
073486	Mitchel Kalmanson	68 FR 43156; July 21, 2003	November 11, 2003.
077059	Cincinnati Zoo	68 FR 58125; October 8, 2003	November 17, 2003.
077372	Dr. Duane M. Rumbaugh	68 FR 61011; October 24, 2003	December 9, 2003.
077886	Gary H. Tennison	68 FR 59811; October 17, 2003	November 18, 2003.
078305	Clarence E. Ellis	68 FR 62096; October 31, 2003	December 4, 2003.
078306	T. F. Lambert	68 FR 62096; October 31, 2003	December 4, 2003.

Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
049136	Xavier University	68 FR 59811; October 17, 2003	December 9, 2003.
077783	Alfredo Julian	68 FR 59812; October 17, 2003	December 4, 2003.
077954	Richard G. Ferrara	68 FR 59812; October 17, 2003	December 4, 2003.

Dated: December 12, 2003.

Charles S. Hamilton,

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