[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19641]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062299A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1510

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 the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, (Principal Investigator: Marilyn Dahlheim), 
7600 Sand Point Way, NE. Seattle, Washington 98115, has been issued a 
permit to take killer whales (Orcinus orca) 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 (See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 1999, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (64 FR 25294) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take killer whales had been submitted by the above-named 
organization. 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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of 
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    Application and documentation are available in the following 
locations:
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point 
Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); 
and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4001).

    Dated: July 26, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-19641 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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