[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15860]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060299B]
Marine Mammals; File No. 633-1483-01
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Center for Coastal Studies
(CCS), 59 Commercial Street, P.O. Box 1036, Provincetown, MA 02657, has
been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 633-1483.
ADDRESSES: The amendment 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
Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, National Marine Fisheries
Service, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 (978/281-
9250).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 1999, notice was published in
the Federal Register (64 FR 17147) that an amendment of Permit No. 633-
1483, issued March 3, 1999 (64 FR 10276), had been requested by the
above-named organization. The requested amendment has been granted
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222-226).
The permit now authorizes research on humpback (Megaptera
novaeangliae), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Balaenoptera
borealis), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and blue (Balaenoptera
musculus) whales, designated under Project II.
Issuance of this amendment, 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: June 14, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-15860 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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