[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25189]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081998D]


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 LGL Limited, environmental 
research associates, 22 Fisher Street, P.O. Box 280, King City, 
Ontario, Canada L7B 1A6, has been issued a permit to take bowhead 
whales (Balaena mysticetus), ringed seals (Phoca hispida), bearded 
seals (Erignathus barbatus) and beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) 
for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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, 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 July 17, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 38557) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take bowhead whales, ringed seals, bearded seals, 
and beluga 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: August 24,1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25189 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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