[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32213-32214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15320]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050699A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 715-1457

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. Andrew W. Trites, North 
Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium, University of 
British Columbia, 6248 Biological Sciences Rd., Hut B3, Rm. 18, 
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4, has been issued a permit to take 
Steller sea lions

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(Eumetopias jubatus) 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); and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907-
586-7221).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 29, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 40513) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Steller sea lions 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 (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 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 10, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-15320 Filed 6-15-99; 8:45 am]
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