[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16012]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061699B]
Marine Mammals; File No. 376-1520
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. James H.W. Hain, Associated
Scientists at Woods Hole, Box 721, 3 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
02543, has applied in due form for a permit to take various cetacean
and sea turtle species for purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before July
23, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The application 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 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978/281-9250); and
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits and Documentation
Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals
requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a
hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301) 713-0376,
provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and
postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period. Please
note that comments will not be accepted by e-mail or by other
electronic media.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 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 222-226).
The Applicant proposes to take various cetacean species, including
Northern right whales, loggerhead, leatherback and kemp's ridley sea
turtles, and to collect samples from stranded dead endangered species.
Activities will occur in the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: June 16, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-16012 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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