[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 30964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14643]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051899B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 945-1499-00)

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve, P.O. Box 140, Gustavus, AK 99826, has been issued a permit to 
take three species of cetaceans 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, 709 W. 9th 
Street, Federal Building, Room 461, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 
(907/586-7012).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 17146) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take (harass) up to 200 humpback whales (Megaptera 
novaeangliae), 20 minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and 75 
killer whales (Orcinus orca) annually for scientific research purposes 
during observational, photo-identification, prey assessment and 
acoustic monitoring activities, and collection of sloughed skin samples 
for export to New Zealand. 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 and 
threatened species (50 CFR parts 222 - 226).
    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: June 3, 1999.
Jeannie K. Drevenak,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-14643 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-F