[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64504-64505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30971]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 112796A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1023 (P6P)

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 Dr. G. David Johnson, Marine 
Mammal Program, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of 
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, NHB 390, MRC 108, 10th & 
Constitution Ave., SW., Washington, D.C. 20560, has been issued a 
permit to take marine mammal specimens and parts for the purpose of 
scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 1996, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (61 FR 51082) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take marine mammals had been submitted by the above-
named applicant. 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, 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 parts 222.25), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    Issuance of this 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 
Act.
    Documents may be reviewed in the following locations:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (703/358-
2104);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sandpoint Way, 
NE BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);

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    Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250); and
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301).

    Dated: November 27, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    Dated: November 27, 1996.
Margaret Tieger,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30971 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]
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