[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13365]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050697B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 782-1349.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Howard W. Braham, Director, 
National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN 
C15700, Seattle, Washington 98115-0070, is hereby authorized to take 
Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) for purposes of scientific 
research.

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);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, NE., BIN C15700, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/
526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 25, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 14115) that the above-named applicant had 
submitted a request for a scientific research permit to capture, tag, 
release, and unintentionally harass Dall's porpoise for the purpose of 
scientific research in Washington and Oregon waters, over a 5-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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine 
Mammals (50 CFR Part 216).

    Dated: May 8, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13365 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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