[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24055]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 091295C]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of extension to scientific research permit no. 842.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Howard Braham, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine 
Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115 has been 
issued a modification to permit no. 842.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN 
C15700 Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, (206/526-6150);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (703/358-2104).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 1, 1995, a document was published 
in the Federal Register (60 FR 39152) that a request for a permit 
modification had been submitted by the above-named individual. The 
request was to extend the permit until June 30, 1999.
    The modification was 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 (ESA) as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing endangered species 
permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
    Issuance of this modification as required by the ESA of 1973 was 
based on a finding that such modification: (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: September 13, 1995.
Jeannie K. Drevenak,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

    Dated: September 15, 1995.
Maggie Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-24055 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]
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