[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17688]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.071295B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Modification no. 1 to scientific research permit no. 917
(P774#2).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of
scientific research permit no. 917 submitted by Northeast Fisheries
Science Center, NMFS, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1026, has
been granted.
ADDRESSES: The modified permit is available for review by interested
persons in the following offices by appointment:
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 (508/281-9150).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 25, 1995, notice was published in the
Federal Register (60 FR 27723) that a modification of permit no. 917,
issued May 11, 1994 (59 FR 25891) had been requested by the above-named
applicant. The requested modification 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 Secs. 216.33(d) and (e) of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the
Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, and Exporting of
Endangered Species (50 CFR part 222).
The modification authorized the holder to take a maximum of 50
biopsy samples, given 150 attempts from sei whales (Balaenoptera
borealis) annually during research surveys off the northeast U.S. coast
for the duration of the permit which expires on June 30, 1999. All
samples will be exported to the genetics lab at the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark for analysis.
Issuance of this modification, 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: July 12, 1995.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-17688 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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