[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3215]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 121294B]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; and Fish and Wildlife 
Service (FSW), Interior.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 938 (P368D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 
P.O. Box 450, Moss Landing, CA 95039-0450, (Principal Investigators: 
Drs. James T. Harvey, Daniel P. Costa, John Calambokidis, and Ms. Dawn 
Goley) has been issued a permit to take marine mammals 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:
    Chief, Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 
East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); 
and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4047).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 11, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 51418) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take several species of marine mammals had been 
submitted by the above-named organization and individuals. 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 (ESA) (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, 
and Exporting of Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222), the 
Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and fur seal 
regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
    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: February 2, 1995.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.

    Dated: February 2, 1995.
Margaret Tieger,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-3215 Filed 2-8-95; 8:45 am]
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