[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24277]
[[Page 50494]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041299A]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 909-1465-00)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Dan Engelhaupt, 9195 Jamaica
Beach, Galveston, TX 77554, has been issued a permit to take several
species of cetaceans 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, Southeast Region, 9721 Executive Center
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 22, 1998, notice was published in
the Federal Register (63 FR 39272) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take several species of cetaceans during the course
of biopsy sampling and photo-identification studies had been submitted
by the above-named individual. 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 of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 233-226).
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 14, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-24277 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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