Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2020-0092; FXIA16710900000-190-FF09A30000]

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:

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, by phone at 703-358-2185, via email at

DMAFR@fws.gov,

or via the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

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

www.regulations.gov

and search for the appropriate permit number (

e.g.,

12345C) provided in the following table:

Permit No.

Applicant

Permit issuance date

Endangered Species

51283D

Kristin Brzeski

06/10/2020

02395D

Virginia Safari Park

06/11/2020

51201D

Bright and Associates, Inc

07/17/2020

50284D

Eastern Connecticut State University

07/16/2020

10866B

Ox Ranch Investments, LLC dba Ox Hunting Ranch

08/04/2020

10867B

Ox Ranch Investments, LLC dba Ox Hunting Ranch

08/04/2020

Marine Mammals

82088B

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Marine Mammals Management

07/21/2020

62285D

Wild Space Productions

07/17/2020

Authorities

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

et seq.

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

et seq.

) and their implementing regulations.

Brenda Tapia,

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

[FR Doc. 2020-19019 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]

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