[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30913]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101399G]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 540-1502-00)
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 John Calambokidis, Cascadia
Research Collective, Waterstreet Building, 218 \1/2\ West Fourth
Avenue, Olympia, WA 89501, has been issued a permit to take several
species of cetaceans and pinnipeds for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point
Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6426);
and
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4027).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 1999, notice was published in the
Federal Register (64 FR 23608) that a request for a scientific research
permit to take several species of cetaceans during the course of photo-
identification, aerial survey, biopsy sampling, and/or tagging
activities, and several species of pinnipeds during aerial surveys, had
been submitted by the above-named individual. 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 (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 through 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: November 19, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-30913 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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