[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34287]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112098A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 587-1472-00)

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 Dr. Dan R. Salden, Box 1772, 
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026-
1772, has been issued a permit to take North Pacific humpback whales 
(Megaptera novaeangliae), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), 
spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), spotted dolphins (Stenella 
attenuata), false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), pilot whales 
(Globicephala macrorhynchus), and killer whales (Orcinus orca) 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);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, 
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4001);
    Protected Species Program Manager, Pacific Islands Area Office, 
2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 9682-2396 (808/973-2987); and
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, 709 W. 9th 
Street, Federal Building, Room 461, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 
(907/586-7235).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 5, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 53352) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take the above-references species 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 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 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 18, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-34287 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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