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Notice

Endangered Species; Issuance of Permits

A Notice by the Fish and Wildlife Service on 01/10/2024

Published Document: 2024-00351 (89 FR 1590)

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Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
  1. [Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2023-0252; FXIA16710900000-234-FF09A30000]

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 . 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 ( printed page 1591) 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.

[FR Doc. 2024-00351 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4333-15-P

Published Document: 2024-00351 (89 FR 1590)