# Foreign Endangered Species and 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 the 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 the 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 in *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Joyce Russell, (703) 358-2023 (telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); or *[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.* ), 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 No. | Applicant | Receipt of application | Permit issuance date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |
| 50819A | Zoological Society of San Diego/San Diego Zoo Global | 82 FR 24381; May 26, 2017 | June 30, 2017. |
| 18137C | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 82 FR 24381; May 26, 2017 | July 3, 2017. |
| 75285A | Michael Ryckamn | 82 FR 24381; May 26, 2017 | June 29, 2017. |
| 14745C | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo | 82 FR 24381; May 26, 2017 | July 11, 2017. |
| 06369C | Indiana Purdue University | 82 FR 14742, March 22, 2017 | July 3, 2017. |
| | | | |
| 80164B | North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management | 81 FR 95628; December 28, 2016 | July 3, 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.