[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8921-8922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5234]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020196C]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Marine Mammals
AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS), National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; and U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (FWS), Interior.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 985 (P405B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a permit for scientific research 
has been issued to The Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, 
WA 98195.
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);

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Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sandpoint Way, NE BIN C15700, 
Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150);
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 
(907/586-7221);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 
01930-2298 (508/281-9250); and
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 15, 1995, a document was 
published in the Federal Register (60 F.R. 57401) that a request for a 
scientific research permit had been submitted by the above-named 
individual. The request was to collect and import and/or export an 
unspecified number of specimen materials from dead individuals of all 
cetacean species, all pinniped species, all sirenian species, polar 
bears, sea and marine otters, worldwide, over a 5-year period for 
purposes of scientific research. 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), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) 
and regulations (50 CFR 215).
    Issuance of this Permit as required by the ESA of 1973 was based on 
a finding that the 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 16, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    Dated: February 23, 1996.
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-5234 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am]
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