[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30972]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 110796C]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1022 (P617)
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 Dr. Madonna L. Moss, Professor,
1218 Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
97403-1218, has been issued a permit to obtain 4 carcasses from 2
cetacean species of the Order Phocoenidae and 35 carcasses from 12
species of the Order Pinnipedia for scientific purposes.
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);
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
Marine Mammals Management Office, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage,
AK 99503 (907/786-3800).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 17, 1996, notice was published
in the Federal Register (61 FR 48888) that a request for a scientific
research permit to obtain 4 carcasses (bones and teeth) from two
species of the Order Phocoenidae and 35 carcasses from 12 species of
the Order Pinnipedia for scientific purposes. 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),
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 part 222.23).
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 20, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: November 20, 1996.
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30972 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]
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