[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2146]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112995C]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 867 (P540).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Frank Cipriano, Kewalo Marine
Laboratory, 13 Ahui Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, has been issued a
permit to obtain and/or import odontocete cetacean specimen material
for ongoing study of cetacean molecular genetics.
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, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015), including the Pacific Area
Office of NMFS, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396
(808/955-8831);
Director, Northwest Region (206/526-6150) and Director, National Marine
Mammal Laboratory (206/526-4020), NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115;
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau,
AK 99802 (907/586-7221); and
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9450 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL
33702 (813/893-3141).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 12, 1995, notice was published in
the Federal Register (60 FR 53170) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take an unspecified number of cetacean species had
been submitted by the above-named individual. The requested
modification 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 fish and wildlife (50 CFR part
222).
Issuance of this modified permit as required by the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 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
Endangered Species Act.
Dated: January 25, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-2146 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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