[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20009]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072397D]
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 789 (P135C)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permit no. 789 submitted by Dr.
James H.W. Hain, NMFS, NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166
Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1026, has been amended to extend
the expiration date through December 31, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The amended permit is available for review by 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);
Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298, (508/281-9150); and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, N., St.
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment has been issued under
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of the
regulations of the governing the taking and importing (50 CFR part
216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 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 fish and
wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
Issuance of this amended 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: July 23, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20009 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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