[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10276-10277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5247]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 012099D]


Marine Mammals; File No. 259-1481-00 and File No. 633-1483-00

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

ACTION: Issuance of permits.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Ronald J. Schusterman, Long 
Marine Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer 
Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, has been issued a permit to take two 
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), one Pacific harbor seal 
(Phoca vitulina), and one northern elephant seal (Mirounga 
angustirostris) for purposes of scientific research.
    Notice is also hereby given that the Center for Coastal Studies, 
P.O. Box 1036, Provincetown, MA 02657, has been issued a permit to take 
right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permits and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s) for 
both 259-1481-00 and 633-1483-00:
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    For 259-1481-00 only: Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, 
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4001); and
    For 633-1483-00 only: Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive, 
Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 (978/281-9250).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 17, 1998, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (63 FR 69615) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take two California sea lions (Zalophus 
californianus), one Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), and one 
northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) had been submitted by 
Dr. Schusterman. On December 21, 1998, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (63 FR 70395) that a

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request for a scientific research permit to take Northern right whales 
(Eubalaena glacialis) had been submitted by the Center for Coastal 
Studies. The requested permits have 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.), and the regulations governing 
the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife 
(50 CFR parts 217-227).

    Dated: February 24, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-5247 Filed 3-2-99; 8:45 am]
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