[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18016]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071795F]
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit (P557D).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics (Dr.
Christopher W. Clark, Principal Investigators), 9500 Gilman Drive, La
Jolla, California 92093-0225, has been issued a permit to harass
several species of marine mammals and sea turtles for purposes of
scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment, in the following office(s):
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD
20910 (301/713-2289); and
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 17, 1995, notice was published in the
Federal Register (60 FR 26406) that the above-named applicant had
submitted a request for a scientific research permit to harass several
species of marine mammals and sea turtles over a 2-year period, during
sound transmission studies in the waters offshore central California.
The requested permit has been issued, under the authority of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) 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.), the regulations governing endangered
species permits (50 CFR Parts 217-227), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and the fur seal regulations at 50
CFR part 215.
Issuance of this Permit as required by the ESA of 1973 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 are the
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in Section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: July 17, 1995.
Gary M. Barone,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources,National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-18016 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
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