[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-955]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 121599B]
Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1532-00
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal
Laboratory (NMML), National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand
Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 [PI: Dr.
Thomas Loughlin] has been issued a permit to take Steller sea lions
(Eumetopias jubatus), Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), and
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) and for purposes of scientific
research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 2, 1999, notice was published in
the Federal Register (64 FR 59163) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take had been submitted by the above-named
organization. The requested permit has been issued under the authority
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the regulations governing the
taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species
(50 CFR parts 222-226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: January 10, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-955 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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