[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27493-27494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12724]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I. D. 050195F]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of Scientific Research Permits Nos. 954 (P492A) and 
955 (P492B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Graham Worthy and Co-
investigators Mr. Alan Abend and Ms. Lisl Shoda have been issued 
permits No. 954 and 955, to obtain and import/export marine mammal 
specimens and to take specimens from rehabilitated elephant seals, 
respectively, for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, 
MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    (P492A) Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center 
Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2532 (813/570-5312); (P492B) 
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 10, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 13121) that applications had been filed by 
the above named individuals to obtain tissue samples for scientific 
research purposes. The requested Permits have been granted under 
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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations 
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
[[Page 27494]] endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    Issuance of permit No. 954 as required by the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended, 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 the permit; and (3) 
is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of 
the Endangered Species Act.

    Dated: May 18, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12724 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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