[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28449-28450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13675]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050597D]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 963 (P532B)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

[[Page 28450]]

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of 
scientific research permit no. 963 submitted by Dr. Randall W. Davis, 
Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 1675, 
Galveston, TX 77553-1675 [Co-investigators: Dr. Michael A. Castellini, 
and Dr. Terrie M. Williams] has been granted to increase the number of 
Steller sea lion pups and add adult male sea lions to the take 
authority.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 13, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 11846) that an amendment of permit no. 963, 
issued (60 FR 31450), had been requested by the above-named 
organization. The requested amendment has been granted under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the regulations governing 
the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife 
(50 CFR 222.23).
    Issuance of this amendment, 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: May 15, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13675 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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