# 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:**
Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358-2281. To locate the *Federal Register* notice that announced our receipt of the application for each permit listed in this document, go to *www.regulations.gov* and search on the permit number provided in the tables below in *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Joyce Russell, (703) 358-2023; (telephone); (703) 358-2281; (fax); *[email protected]* (email).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ), and/or the MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.* ), we issued requested permits subject to certain conditions set forth therein. For each permit 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.
| Permit number | Applicant | Receipt of application
notice | Permit issuance date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04978C | Maire A. Malone | 81 FR 83278; November 21, 2016 | January 09, 2017. |
| 24006B | Gerard Z. Siatkowski | 81 FR 27169; May 5, 2016 | January 09, 2017. |
| 02129C | Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology | 81 FR 83278; Nov 21, 2016 | January 17, 2017. |
| 11143C | Pedro Salazar Sr | 81 FR 90864; Dec 15, 2016 | February 09, 2017. |
| 05222C | Smithsonian National Zoological Park | 81 FR 86723; December 1, 2016 | February 13, 2017. |
| 06408C | US Geological Survey | 81 FR 76959; November 4, 2016 | February 23, 2017. |
| 94136B | Miami Seaquarium dba Festival Fun Parks, LLC | 81 FR 90864; December 15, 2016 | March 02, 2017. |
| 12499C | Robert M. Behrend | 81 FR 92845; December 20, 2016 | March 01, 2017. |
| 12330C | Ian K. Brimhall | 81 FR 92845; December 20, 2016 | March 06, 2017. |
| Permit number | Applicant | Receipt of application
notice | Permit issuance date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11556C | British Broadcasting Corporation | 81 FR 92845; December 20, 2016 | February 15, 2017. |
| 02152C | SeaWorld LLC | 81 FR 66991; September 29, 2016 | March 2, 2017. |
**Authority:**
We issue this notice under the authority of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ), and the MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.* ).
Joyce Russell,
Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.