[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13816]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042497C]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 1019 (P619)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
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. 1019 submitted by Dr. Catherine Schaeff, 
Department of Biology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., 
NW., Washington, D.C. 20016, has been granted to import up to 2860 
tissue and biopsy skin samples taken from southern right whales 
(Eubalaena australis) from South America, South Africa, and Australia.

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, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2289 (508/281-9250);
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 27, 1997, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (62 FR 8929) that an amendment to permit no. 
1019 issued October 16, 1996 (61 FR 55134), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. 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. 97-13816 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]
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