[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 30964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14643]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051899B]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 945-1499-00)
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 Glacier Bay National Park and
Preserve, P.O. Box 140, Gustavus, AK 99826, has been issued a permit to
take three species of cetaceans for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, 709 W. 9th
Street, Federal Building, Room 461, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802
(907/586-7012).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 1999, notice was published in
the Federal Register (64 FR 17146) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take (harass) up to 200 humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae), 20 minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and 75
killer whales (Orcinus orca) annually for scientific research purposes
during observational, photo-identification, prey assessment and
acoustic monitoring activities, and collection of sloughed skin samples
for export to New Zealand. 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and
threatened species (50 CFR parts 222 - 226).
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: June 3, 1999.
Jeannie K. Drevenak,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-14643 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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