[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2146]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112995C]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 867 (P540).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Frank Cipriano, Kewalo Marine 
Laboratory, 13 Ahui Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, has been issued a 
permit to obtain and/or import odontocete cetacean specimen material 
for ongoing study of cetacean molecular genetics.

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, NMFS, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015), including the Pacific Area 
Office of NMFS, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 
(808/955-8831);
Director, Northwest Region (206/526-6150) and Director, National Marine 
Mammal Laboratory (206/526-4020), NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115;
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, 
AK 99802 (907/586-7221); and
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9450 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 
33702 (813/893-3141).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 12, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 53170) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take an unspecified number of cetacean species had 
been submitted by the above-named individual. The requested 
modification has been 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, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 
222).
    Issuance of this modified permit as required by the Endangered 
Species Act 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 is the subject of this permit; and (3) is 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
Endangered Species Act.

    Dated: January 25, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-2146 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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