[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24700]


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[Federal Register: October 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 090994A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 936 (P8G).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Naval Command, Control and 
Ocean Surveillance Center (Principal Investigators Mr. Donald A. Carder 
and Dr. Sam H. Ridgway), San Diego, CA 92152 has been issued a permit 
to take several species of cetaceans and sea turtles 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);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (301/980-4001);
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702 (813/570-5301);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221);
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930 (508/281-9200); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 San Point Way, NE., BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 1994, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 33957) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to administer audiograms to several species of cetaceans and sea 
turtles, which become accidentally entrapped or stranded in U.S. 
waters, had been submitted by the above-named organization. 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.) and 
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 regulations governing the Taking, 
Importing, and Exporting of Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 
222).
    Issuance of this permit, 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 
are the subjects of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: September 30, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-24700 Filed 10-5-94; 8:45 am]
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