2016-23461. Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; 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].

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
80786B	Phoenix Herpetological Society	81 FR 8093; February 17, 2016	September 19, 2016.
10982A	The Austin Savanna	81 FR 10884; March 2, 2016	August 16, 2016.
80238B	New York University	81 FR 23745; April 22, 2016	September 15, 2016.
679476	Sunset Zoological Park	81 FR 23745; April 22, 2016	September 6, 2016.
90881B	Daniel Sterantino	81 FR 27169; May 5, 2016	September 6, 2016.
85554B	Nashville Zoo	81 FR 27169; May 5, 2016	September 12, 2016.
99852B	Kristian O'Meara	81 FR 46698; July 18, 2016	September 12, 2016.

Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
84799B	Texas A&M University	81 FR 29889; May 13, 2016	September 20, 2016.
78234B	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	81 FR 33700; May 27, 2016	September 16, 2016.

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.