2024-00351. 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. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

ADDRESSES:

Information about the applications for the permits listed in this notice is available online at https://www.regulations.gov. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703–358–2185 or via email at [e-mail]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened species in response to permit applications that we received under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

After considering the information submitted with each permit application and the public comments received, we issued the requested permits subject to certain conditions set forth in each permit. For each application 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.

Availability of Documents

The permittees' original permit application materials, along with public comments we received during public comment periods for the applications, are available for review. To locate the application materials and received comments, go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for the appropriate permit number ( e.g., 12345C) provided in the following table:

Endangered Species

Permit No.	Applicant	Permit issuance date
82001D	Cherokee Exotic Adventures	April 21, 2022.
83956D	Utica Zoological Society	August 23, 2022.
85065D	Russell Corbett-Detig	December 7, 2022.
PER0038856	Continental Ranch Hunts/Kothman Ranch Co	December 7, 2022.
PER0038858	Continental Ranch Hunts/Kothman Ranch Co	December 7, 2022.
PER0037184	NNNN Operations, LLC	December 8, 2022.
PER0037185	NNNN Operations, LLC	December 8, 2022.
PER0044495	University of California Davis Wildlife Health Center	December 21, 2022.
PER0036502	Safari Game Search Foundation	January 30, 2023.
60450D	Loyd D. Keith, Jr	March 27, 2023.
PER0326840	Browder Lee Graves	April 4, 2023.
PER0054702	USGS Western Ecological Research Center	April 12, 2023.
PER1642140	Memphis Zoo, dba Memphis Zoological Society	April 18, 2023.
PER0884554	Zoological Society of San Diego, DBA San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance	May 22, 2023.
PER0092994	International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals dba The Wilds	May 23, 2023.
PER1992989	Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute	June 7, 2023.
PER1200907	Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Inc	June 7, 2023.
PER2209279	Colter Lee Combs	June 8, 2023.
PER2209312	Jamie Combs-Hunter	June 13, 2023.
PER2209131	James Lee Combs	June 13, 2023.
PER2208121	Ryan James Combs	June 13, 2023.
PER0036455	Safari Wild Animal Park	June 20, 2023.
PER0613031	Brent C. Oxley	June 20, 2023.
PER1322675	Scott Swasey	June 29, 2023.
PER0017418	Reid Park Zoological Society	July 20, 2023.
33093D	Amy C. Evans	August 1, 2023.
PER2484762	University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine	August 1, 2023.
PER2499014	Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute	August 1, 2023.
93301C	Richard Prager	August 3, 2023.
PER2525954	Oregon Zoo	August 7, 2023.
PER3108901	Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden	September 21, 2023.
PER3941571	Alexandria Zoological Park	September 26, 2023.
PER0054384	Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute	September 28, 2023.
PER0054387	Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute	September 28, 2023.
PER4095187	Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute	October 2, 2023.
PER3130634	Fresno Chaffee Zoo Corporation	October 10, 2023.
PER3214118	Milwaukee County Zoological	November 1, 2023.
PER3560967	Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History	November 8, 2023.
PER4459661	Sammy Shaw	December 12, 2023.
PER4459612	Teddy Dickerson	December 12, 2023.

Authority

We issue this notice under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and its implementing regulations.

Brenda Tapia,

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