[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4433]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 021296C]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 982 (P254D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Pacific Whale Foundation (Paul 
H. Forestall, Ph.D., Principal Investigator), 101 N. Kihei Road, Kihei, 
Maui, HI 96753-8833, has been issued a permit to take (harass) humpback 
whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016); and
    Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, NMFS, 2570 Dole 
Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 (808/955-8831).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 15, 1995, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (60 FR 57402) that the above-named applicant 
had submitted a request for a scientific research permit to take 
(harass) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) over a 5-year period, 
during observational and photo-identification studies in waters in the 
Hawaiian Islands area. The requested permit 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 (ESA) 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 permit, 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: February 15, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4433 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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