[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27168]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 092799D]
Marine Mammals; File No. 930-1486
AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS), Interior.
ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Geological Survey,
Biological Resources Division, Western Ecological Research Center, 6924
Tremont Road, Dixon, CA 95620, has been issued an amended permit to
take sea otters 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);
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4001); and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority,
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (1-800-358-2104).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 29, 1999, notice was published in
the Federal Register (64 FR 14886) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take various species of marine mammals, including
sea otters, had been submitted by the above-named organization. The
original permit did not authorize the take of sea otters, but has been
amended to include sea otters. The requested permit, as amended, 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.), and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
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: October 8, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: October 5, 1999.
Kristen Nelson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 99-27168 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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