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AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice; issuance of permits and permit amendments.
SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that permits and permit amendments have been issued to the following entities under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as applicable.
ADDRESSES:
The permits and related documents are available for review upon written request via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shasta McClenahan (Permit Nos. 21585-01, 23922, and 23923), Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 23779), and Amy Hapeman (Permit No. 23672); at (301) 427-8401.
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Notices were published in the Federal Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit or permit amendment had been submitted by the below-named applicants. To locate the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the application and a complete description of the research, go to www.federalregister.gov and search on the permit number provided in Table 1 below.
Table 1—Issued Permits and Permit Amendments
Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register notice Issuance date 21585-01 0648-XA223 Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute, 2030 Southeast Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365 (Responsible Party: Lisa Ballance, Ph.D.) 85 FR 35415; June 10, 2020 July 30, 2020. 23672 0648-XR108 Environmental Investigation Agency, P.O. Box 53343, Washington, DC 20009 (Responsible Party: Allan Thornton) 85 FR 16329; March 23, 2020 July 27, 2020. 23779 0648-XA235 Allyson Hindle, Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, MS 4004, Las Vegas, NV 89154 85 FR 36837; June 18, 2020 July 27, 2020. 23922 0648-XA219 University of California, 35 Medical Center Way, San Francisco, CA 94131 (Responsible Party: Alexander Pollen, Ph.D.) 85 FR 35266; June 9, 2020 July 27, 2020. 23923 0648-XA220 Eugene DeRango, Bielefeld University, Department of Animal Behaviour, Morgenbreede 45, Bielefeld, Germany 85 FR 35416; June 10, 2020 July 27, 2020. Permit No. 23672 was issued on July 27, 2020; the permit takes effect on April 1, 2021 and is valid through December 1, 2022.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the activities proposed are categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, as applicable, issuance of these permits were based on a finding that such permits: (1) Were applied for in good faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered species; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Start SignatureJulia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-17507 Filed 8-10-20; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 08/11/2020
- Department:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice; issuance of permits and permit amendments.
- Document Number:
- 2020-17507
- Pages:
- 48508-48508 (1 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- RTID 0648-XA377
- PDF File:
- 2020-17507.Pdf