[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37752-37753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17796]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061599B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 486-1506

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 Brent S. Stewart, Ph.D., J.D. 
(Principal Investigator), Senior Research Biologist, Hubbs-Sea World 
Research Institute 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109, has been 
issued a permit to take pinnipeds 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
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, 
California 90802-4213 (562-980-4001).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 1999, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (64 FR 23607) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take northern elephant seals, northern fur seals, harbor 
seals, and California sea lions and to incidentally harass Steller sea 
lions and Guadalupe fur seals 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.), the regulations governing 
endangered species (50 CFR parts 222-226), and the Fur Seal Act of 
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    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.


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    Dated: July 7, 1999.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-17796 Filed 7-12-99; 8:45 am]
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