[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64572-64573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32071]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 120197B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No.782-1399

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 
Bin C15700, Seattle, Washington 98115-0070, has been issued a permit to 
import and export marine mammal specimens for scientific purposes.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment. (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 7, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 442511) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to import and export marine mammal specimen materials 
had been submitted by the above-named institution. 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), 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the 
regulations governing the taking, importing and exporting of endangered 
fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222.23), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).

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    Issuance of this permit as required by the ESA is 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 are the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. Documents are available 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-
2289 (508/281-9250);
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301);
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg., 
1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907-
586-7221).

    Dated: December 2, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-32071 Filed 12-5-97; 8:45 am]
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