[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 127 (Monday, July 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16622]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 051696C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1004 (P595)

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a permit for scientific research 
has been issued to the Whale Conservation Institute, 191 Weston Road, 
Lincoln, MA 01773.

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); and
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 28, 1995, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (60 FR 50189) that a request for a scientific 
research permit had been submitted by the above-named organization. The 
request was to import biopsy samples collected from both dead stranded 
and living, free-ranging animals in the territorial waters of 
Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, over a 2-year 
period. 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 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 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: June 21, 1996.
William W. Windom,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-16622 Filed 6-28-96; 8:45 am]
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