[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29469]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 110196C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1020

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 Drs. James T. Harvey and Jenifer 
Hurley, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 450, Moss Landing, 
CA 95039-0450, (co-investigator: Dr. Daniel P. Costa, Long Marine 
Laboratory, Center for Marine Studies, University of California, Santa 
Cruz, CA 95064) have been issued a permit to take marine mammals for 
purposes of scientific research.

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); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 16, 1996, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (61 FR 42593) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to obtain beached and stranded California sea lions and 
take large whales by harassment had been submitted by the above-named 
individuals. 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, 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 
222.23).
    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: November 4, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-29469 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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