[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 1002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-350]


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[Federal Register: January 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Scientific Research Permit No. 810 submitted by the University of 
Hawaii at Manoa, 96-043 Ala Ike, Pearl City, HI 96782, has been 
granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s): Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1315 East-West 
Hwy., Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); Coordinator, 
Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 2570 Dole Street, 
Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 (808/955-8831); and, Director, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213 (310/980-4016).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 18, 1993, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (58 FR 60850) that a modification of Permit No. 
810, issued January 12, 1993, had been requested by the above-named 
organization . The requested modification has been granted under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of sections 216.33 (d) and (e) of 
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.), 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).
    Permit No. 810 is modified to include Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus 
schauinslandi) and several odontocete species indigenous to Hawaii.
    Issuance of this Modification 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 is the subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in Section 2 of the ESA.


    Dated: December 28, 1993.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-350 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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