[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69266-69267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33318]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101698G]


Marine Mammals; File No. 594-1467

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 Georgia Department of Natural 
Resources, Nongame/Endangered Wildlife Program Coastal Office, One 
Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520-8687, has been issued a permit to 
take right whales, humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic 
spotted dolphin and Pantropical spotted dolphins in the U.S. Southeast 
for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312); and
    Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978/281-9250).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson or Sara Shapiro 301/713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 1998, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (63 FR 49337) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take species listed above had been submitted by the 
above-named organization. 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 of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

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and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 217-227).
    Issuance of this 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: December 9, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush, Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-33318 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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