[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32753]
[[Page 67998]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 121796A]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1021 (P532C)
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 Texas A&M University at Galveston,
P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77551 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Randall
W. Davis, Co-investigators: Dr. William E. Evans, Dr. Robert Benson,
Dr. Bernd Wursig, Mr. Troy S. Sparks and Mr. Spencer Lynn), has been
issued a permit to tag, biopsy dart, capture/release various cetacean
species for purposes of scientific research. The NMFS decision on
project 1 involving low frequency sounds on sperm whales was deferred
pending an environmental review.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2532.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 26, 1996, notice was published in
the Federal Register (61 FR 43737) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take various cetacean species 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.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222.25).
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: December 17, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-32753 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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