[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9334]


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[Federal Register: April 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032394B]

 

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of Modification No. 1 to Scientific Research Permit 
867 (P540).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Scientific Research Permit No. 867 submitted by Dr. Frank Cipriano, 
Kewalo Marine Laboratory, 13 Ahui Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, has been 
granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review by written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East-West 
Hwy., Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015);
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802 (907/586-7221); and
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9450 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg, 
FL 33702 (813/893-3141).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 14, 1994, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (59 FR 6949) that a modification of Permit No. 
867, issued July 27, 1993 (58 FR 40114), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. 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 Secs. 1A216.33(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. 1A222.25 
of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    Permit No. 867 authorized the Holder to obtain tissue samples from 
up to 100 dusky and Pacific whitesided dolphins Lagenorhynchus obscurus 
and L. obliquidens, respectively, and obtain 40 samples each from 
white-beaked L. albirostris, Atlantic white-sided L. acutus, hourglass 
L. aruciger, and Peale's L. australis dolphins. The modification 
authorized additional samples to be obtained from 54 odontocete species 
from available collections and museums for purposes of scientific 
research.
    Issuance of this modification, 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: April 12, 1994

Herbert W. Kaufman,

Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service

[FR Doc. 94-9334 Filed 4-18-94; 8:45am]

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