[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25505]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091697E]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 970 (P557E)

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. 970 submitted by Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project, Institute 
for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, 
California 92093-02252, has been granted.

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); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001); and
    Protected Species Program Manager, Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 2570 
Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 (808/973-2987).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 16, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 38070) that an amendment of permit no. 970, 
had been requested. 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). The amendment extends the expiration date of Permit 
No. 970 through December 31, 1999.
    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: September 17, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25505 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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