[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 127 (Monday, July 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16622]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 051696C]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1004 (P595)
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 a permit for scientific research
has been issued to the Whale Conservation Institute, 191 Weston Road,
Lincoln, MA 01773.
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
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 28, 1995, notice was published
in the Federal Register (60 FR 50189) that a request for a scientific
research permit had been submitted by the above-named organization. The
request was to import biopsy samples collected from both dead stranded
and living, free-ranging animals in the territorial waters of
Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, over a 2-year
period. 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 (ESA) as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing
endangered species permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
Issuance of this Permit as required by the ESA of 1973 was based on
a finding that the 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 21, 1996.
William W. Windom,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-16622 Filed 6-28-96; 8:45 am]
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