[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23229-23230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10783]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 040297C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1032 (P624)

AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; and U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Michael J. Moore, Research 
Specialist, MS 33 Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, has been issued a

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permit to take marine mammal specimens 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 December 26, 1996, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (61 FR 68050) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take marine mammals had been submitted by the above-
named organization. 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 (ESA, 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 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 Act.
    Addresses: 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, 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: April 18, 1997
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    Dated: April 18, 1997
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 97-10783 Filed 4-28-97; 8:45 am]
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