[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24521]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090997D]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 875-1401.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Christopher W. Clark,
Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850,
has been issued a permit to ``take'' blue whales (Balaenoptera
musculus) and fin whales (B. physalus) for purposes of scientific
research.
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
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 17, 1997, notice was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 10259) that the above-named applicant had
submitted a request for a scientific research permit to ``take'' (i.e.,
harass) blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whales (B.
physalus) in order to study the effects on these species of low-
frequency sound produced by the Navy's Surface Towed Array Surveillance
System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) system. The research will be
conducted in the Southern California Bight during September/October of
1997 and/or 1998. 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 (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Regulations
Governing the Taking, Importing, and Exporting of Endangered Fish and
Wildlife (50 CFR part 222); and the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
1151-1175). Issuance of this 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: September 10, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24521 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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