[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46885-46886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22339]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072799B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 731-1509-00)

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 Robin W. Baird, Ph.D., C201-2747 
S. Kihei Road, Kihei, HI 96753, has been issued a permit to take 
several species of cetaceans for purposes of scientific research.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 22, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 39272) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take several species of cetaceans during the course 
of biopsy sampling and photo-identification studies 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 (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.
    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

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Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point 
Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6426);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4027);
    Protected Species Program Manager,Pacific Islands Area Office, 
NMFS, NOAA, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, Hawaii 
96814-4700 (808/973-2935); and
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, 709 W. 9th 
Street, Federal Building, Room 461, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 
(907/586-7235).

    Dated: July 23, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-22339 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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