[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15860]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060299B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 633-1483-01

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Center for Coastal Studies 
(CCS), 59 Commercial Street, P.O. Box 1036, Provincetown, MA 02657, has 
been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 633-1483.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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
    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 April 8, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 17147) that an amendment of Permit No. 633-
1483, issued March 3, 1999 (64 FR 10276), had been requested by the 
above-named organization. The requested amendment has been granted 
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222-226).
    The permit now authorizes research on humpback (Megaptera 
novaeangliae), fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Balaenoptera 
borealis), minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and blue (Balaenoptera 
musculus) whales, designated under Project II.
    Issuance of this amendment, 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 14, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-15860 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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