[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31068]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101599G]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 638-1519-00)

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 Mr. Thomas R. Kieckhefer, Pacific 
Cetacean Group, UC Monterey Bay Education, Science & Technology Center, 
3239 Imjin Road #122, Marina, CA 93933, has been issued a permit to 
take humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) 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:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 21, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 39118) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take (i.e. harass) up to 300 humpback whales 
(Megaptera novaeangliae) annually in California waters 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 through 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: November 23, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-31068 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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