[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 4148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1409]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010595A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific research permit no. 716 
(P466).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 716 submitted by Mr. Scott D. Kraus, 
Edgerton Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, 
Boston, MA 02110-3309 has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive Center Drive 
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (813/570-5312); and
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive, 
Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281-9200).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 14, 1994, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (59 FR 64393) that a modification of permit no. 
716, issued October 29, 1990 (55 FR 46543), 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. 216.33(d) and 
(e) of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine 
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 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. 466 authorized the permit holder for the inadvertent 
harassment of up to 350 right whales during the course of photo-
identification and aerial survey activities. The permit holder was also 
authorized to biopsy up to 50 right whales, and to import/export right 
whale tissues for scientific research purposes. The permit has now been 
modified to authorize the permit holder to attach radio tags to up to 
ten right whales, in order to determine their whereabouts while outside 
of the present survey area.
    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: January 12, 1995.
P.A. Montanio,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-1409 Filed 1-19-95; 8:45 am]
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