Foreign Endangered Species; Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

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Foreign 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, have issued permits to conduct activities with foreign species that are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (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:

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 (telephone);

DMAFR@fws.gov

(email).

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 (ESA; 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

www.regulations.gov

and search for the appropriate permit number (

e.g.,

12345C) provided in the following table:

Permit No.

Applicant

Permit

issuance date

28444C

Christopher Murray

February 20, 2018.

680316

Little Rock Zoological Garden

February 27, 2018.

45805C

University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases Laboratory

February 28, 2018.

44876C

Mr. Vincent Rose, American Crocodile Education Sanctuary

February 21, 2018.

47036C

Craig Stanford

February 28, 2018.

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,

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

[FR Doc. 2018-20662 Filed 9-21-18; 8:45 am]

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