[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18016]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071795F]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit (P557D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics (Dr. 
Christopher W. Clark, Principal Investigators), 9500 Gilman Drive, La 
Jolla, California 92093-0225, has been issued a permit to harass 
several species of marine mammals and sea turtles 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, East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 17, 1995, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 26406) that the above-named applicant had 
submitted a request for a scientific research permit to harass several 
species of marine mammals and sea turtles over a 2-year period, during 
sound transmission studies in the waters offshore central California. 
The requested permit has been issued, under the authority of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) 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 (ESA) as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the regulations governing endangered 
species permits (50 CFR Parts 217-227), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and the fur seal regulations at 50 
CFR part 215.
    Issuance of this Permit as required by the ESA of 1973 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 are the 
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in Section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: July 17, 1995.
Gary M. Barone,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources,National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-18016 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
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