[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19013]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061698E]


Marine Mammals

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 Mr. Fred Sharpe, Behavioral 
Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser 
University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6,has been issued a permit to 
take North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and killer 
whales (Orcinus orca) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon 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); and
    Regional Administrator, Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, 709 W. 
9th Street, Federal Building, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, Alaska 
99802 (907/586-7012).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 1998, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (63 FR 25834) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take North Pacific humpback whales and killer whales had been 
submitted by the above-named individual. 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.), the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, and 
Exporting of Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    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: July 7, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-19013 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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