2015-08822. Endangered Species; 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 Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).

ADDRESSES:

Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax [phone]; or email [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, [phone] (telephone); [phone] (fax); [e-mail] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended, and/or the 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.

Endangered Species

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
46538B	Albert Seeno	79 FR 65980; November 6, 2014	January 5, 2015.
47538B	Don Byrne	79 FR 65980; November 6, 2014	January 5, 2015.
49584B	Ryan Ringer	79 FR 68461; November 17, 2014	January 5, 2015.
42412B	Randy Gisvold	79 FR 68461; November 17, 2014	January 5, 2015.
047058	Space Wild Animal Farm, Inc.	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	February 11, 2015.
37451A	Mac Embury	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	February 11, 2015.
48586B	Honolulu Zoo	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	January 15, 2015.
48426B	Lee Friend	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	January 16, 2015.
49080B	Larry Johnson	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	January 15, 2015.
677660	Toledo Zoo	79 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	January 27, 2015.
49174B	David L. Bahl	77 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	February 3, 2015.
46530B	Frank Giacalone	77 FR 72007; December 4, 2014	February 3, 2015.
37027B	Nicholas Anastasiou	79 FR 76347; December 22, 2014	January 25, 2015.
219951	Texas Tech University, Department of Biological Sciences	79 FR 76347; December 22, 2014	January 25, 2015.
50855B	Smithsonian National Zoological Park	79 FR 76347; December 22, 2014	March 4, 2015.
49932B	Harvey Welch	79 FR 76347; December 22, 2014	January 23, 2015.
50619B	Lynn Hale	79 FR 76347; December 22, 2014	February 3, 2015.
51545B	Henry Jeans	79 FR 76347, December 22, 2014	March 18, 2015.
46366b	Martin Lohne	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
46122b	Edwin Rymut	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
47547b	Brent Abshire	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
54012b	Donald Chumley	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
53745b	Stanley Williams	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
54027b	Dennis Jordan	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
46302b	Maurice Holthaus	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
54296B	Pueblo Zoo	80 FR 255; January 5, 2015	February 5, 2015.
46358B	Nicholas Sackman	80 FR 3249; January 22, 2015	February 26, 2015.
43489B	Elizabeth Krottinger	80 FR 3249; January 22, 2015	February 26, 2015.
54323B	Tuyrner Butts	80 FR 3249; January 22, 2015	February 26, 2015.
51146B	Austin Nick	80 FR 3249; January 22, 2015	February 26, 2015.
165944	Peter Stein	80 FR 3249; January 22, 2015	February 27, 2015.
48446B	William Lehrer	80 FR 3249; January 22, 2015	March 9, 2015.
678171	Caldwell Zoo	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	March 26, 2015.
55130B	James DeBlasio	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	March 9, 2015.
43192B	Honolulu Zoo	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	March 10, 2015.
46740B	Fauna & Flora International, Inc.	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	April 3, 2015.
56026B	Janice Simpson	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	March 9, 2015.
42334B	Tonya Bryson	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	March 19, 2014.
53980B	Albert Seeno	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	March 23, 2015.
47211A	Don Do	80 FR 6536; February 5, 2015	April 2, 2015.
48053A	GTWT, LLC, dba Bang 57 Ranch	80 FR 8896; February 19, 2015	March 25, 2015.
56820B	Bernard Richburg	80 FR 8896; February 19, 2015	April 2, 2015.
55925B	Robert Bonar	80 FR 8896; February 19, 2015	April 2, 2015.
49585B	Leo Wright	80 FR 8896; February 19, 2015	April 2, 2015.
45981B	Joan Embery-Pillsbury	80 FR 8896; February 19, 2015	April 7, 2015.

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].

Brenda Tapia,

Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.