Foreign Endangered Species; Marine Mammal Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2017-0083; FXIA16710900000-156-FF09A30000]

Foreign Endangered Species; Marine Mammal Issuance of Permits

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permits.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have issued permits to conduct activities with foreign endangered and/or threatened species, marine mammals, or both, under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA). With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities involving listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activity.

ADDRESSES:

Information about the applications for the permits listed in this notice is available online at

www.regulations.gov.

See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Russell, 703-358-2023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 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.;

and or the Marine Mammal Protection Act as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361

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

www.regulations.gov

and search for the appropriate permit number (

e.g.,

12345C) provided in the following table:

Endangered Species

Applicant

Permit No.

Permit

issuance date

Memphis Zoo

10014C

9/22/2017

Wildlife & Environmental Conservation

29610C

9/28/2017

Robert Earl Anderson, Jr.

30893C

10/4/2017

Arnulfo Rodriguez

20528C

10/5/2017

Sal Davino

21334C

10/5/2017

Marine Mammal

Applicant

Permit No.

Permit

issuance date

BBC Natural History Unit

53019C

1/4/2018

Authorities

We issue this notice under the authority of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.

) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361

et seq.

).

Joyce Russell,

Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 2018-05326 Filed 3-15-18; 8:45 am]

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