Endangered Species; Issuance of Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2024-0028; FXIA16710900000-245-FF09A30000]

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 permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy MacDonald, by phone at 703-358-2185 or via email at

DMAFR@fws.gov.

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 (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

https://www.regulations.gov

and search for the appropriate permit number (

e.g.,

PER12345) provided in the following table.

Permit No.

Applicant

Permit issuance date

PER2499014

Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

August 1, 2023.

PER4095187

Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

October 2, 2023.

PER4361497

Disney's Animal Kingdom

November 14, 2023.

PER2475594

Sedgwick County Zoo

December 14, 2023.

PER5322138

Ryder Scientific, R.L.L.L.P., dba Ryder Scientific

December 18, 2023.

PER0070277

Kimberly Ange-can Heugten

December 19, 2023.

PER5068413

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

January 4, 2024.

PER4743691

Los Angeles Zoo

January 18, 2024.

PER5156259

Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens

January 23, 2024.

PER5156944

Midwestern University

January 30, 2024.

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.

Timothy MacDonald,

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

[FR Doc. 2024-03280 Filed 2-15-24; 8:45 am]

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