2016-31242. 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
00500C	Edwin Andrew	81 FR 51926; August 5, 2016	October 17, 2016.
00209C	Donald Bitz	81 FR 51926; August 5, 2016	October 17, 2016.
98815B	Christopher Sibert	81 FR 51926; August 5, 2016	September 30, 2016.
83954B	University of California, Santa Cruz	81 FR 51926; August 5, 2016	November 25, 2016.
00019C	Zoological Society of San Diego	81 FR 55223; August 18, 2016	September 30, 2016.
02160C	Freddy Valdez	81 FR 55223; August 18, 2016	October 4, 2016.
230539	Florida State University—Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium	81 FR 59239; August 29, 2016	October 11, 2016.
03232C	Charles Butler	81 FR 59239; August 29, 2016	October 13, 2016.
02924C	Scott Rider	81 FR 63787; September 16, 2016	November 10, 2016.

Marine Mammals

Permit No.	Applicant	Receipt of application Federal Register notice	Permit issuance date
77245B	Anthony Pagano, USGS/Alaska Science Center	81 FR 72606; October 20, 2016	December 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.