04-6907. Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or 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.

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
Endangered Species
078822	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	68 FR 64638; November 14, 2003	February 25, 2004.
Marine Mammals
080871	James N. Maddox	68 FR 75618; December 31, 2003	March 2, 2004.
080901	James W. Ribman	68 FR 75618; December 31, 2003	March 10, 2004.
081171	David L. Currier	69 FR 2155; January 14, 2004	March 2, 2004.
081749	Paul Thompson	69 FR 3386; January 23, 2004	March 9, 2004.
081757	James Hunter Goodwin Jr.	69 FR 3386; January 23, 2004	March 10, 2004.

Dated: March 12, 2004.

Charles S. Hamilton,

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