98-4259. Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4259]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On November 28, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 229, Page 63374, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Texas A&M University, 
Marine Mammals Research Program, Galveston, TX for amendment and 
renewal of their permit (PRT-766146) to take captive manatees 
(Trichechus manatus) for the scientific research.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 26,1998, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    Documents and other information submitted for these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request to 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 
[phone] or Fax [phone].

    Dated: February 13, 1998.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-4259 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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