Endangered Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
§ 01 Summary
The Fish and Wildlife Service gives public notice of received applications for Endangered Species Act recovery permits authorizing scientific research or related conservation activities involving listed species. The notice opens a public comment period before the agency decides whether to issue the permits.
§ 02 Why this matters
The notice does not itself impose new compliance duties; it is the ESA-required public-comment step before FWS may issue recovery permits allowing otherwise prohibited activities involving endangered species.
§ 03 Topics
§ 04 Affected entities
- agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- agency: Department of the Interior
- statute: Endangered Species Act
- industry: wildlife-researchers
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§ 06 Source document
Read the full Federal Register entry on federalregister.gov.
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Type: Notice Agencies: Interior Department; Fish and Wildlife Service Citation: 91 FR 32417 Title: Endangered Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications Abstract: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct scientific research to promote conservation or other activities intended to recover and enhance endangered species survival. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits certain activities that may impact endangered species, unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The ESA also requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
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