[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13765]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051198A]
Marine Mammals; File No. 704-1444
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 University of Alaska Museum, 907
Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-1200, (Principal Investigator: Gordon
H. Jarrell, Ph.D.) has been issued a permit to collect, import/export
marine mammal specimens for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/
586-7221).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 13, 1998, notice was published
in the Federal Register (63 FR 7403) that a request for a scientific
research permit to collect, import/export marine mammal specimens 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.), the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting
of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 217-227), and the Fur
Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
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: May 15, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-13765 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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