[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20009]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072397D]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 789 (P135C)

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

ACTION: Issuance of amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permit no. 789 submitted by Dr. 
James H.W. Hain, NMFS, NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 
Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543-1026, has been amended to extend 
the expiration date through December 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The amended permit is available for review by 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);
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298, (508/281-9150); and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, N., St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment has been issued 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 of the governing the taking and importing (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 part 222).
    Issuance of this amended 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 ESA.

    Dated: July 23, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20009 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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