[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17688]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.071295B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification no. 1 to scientific research permit no. 917 
(P774#2).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 917 submitted by Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center, NMFS, 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); and
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 25, 1995, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 27723) that a modification of permit no. 917, 
issued May 11, 1994 (59 FR 25891) had been requested by the above-named 
applicant. 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 Species (50 CFR part 222).
    The modification authorized the holder to take a maximum of 50 
biopsy samples, given 150 attempts from sei whales (Balaenoptera 
borealis) annually during research surveys off the northeast U.S. coast 
for the duration of the permit which expires on June 30, 1999. All 
samples will be exported to the genetics lab at the University of 
Copenhagen, Denmark for analysis.
    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: July 12, 1995.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-17688 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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