[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 17317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8253]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 032195A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific research permit no. 789 
(P135C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 789 submitted by Dr. James H.W. Hain, 
NMFS, NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods 
Hole, MA, 02543-1026, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modified permit is available for review by interested 
persons in the following offices by appointment:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298, (508/281-9150); and
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, N., 
St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 20, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 4148) that a modification of permit no. 
789, issued August 24, 1992 (57 FR 39672), and modified January 14, 
1993 (58 FR 6116), 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 Sec. 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 Species (50 CFR part 
222).
    The modification authorized the holder to take 5 blue whales 
(Balaenoptera musculus), 25 sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis), 25 
killer whales (Orcinus orca), 25 Mesoplodont beaked whales (Mesoplodon 
spp.), 500 saddleback dolphins (Delphinus delphis), 250 Atlantic white-
sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), 100 Risso's dolphins 
(Grampus griseus), 250 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), 1,000 
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), and 500 gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) 
annually for photo-identification and observational purposes.
    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: March 30, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-8253 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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