[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-955]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 121599B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1532-00

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 the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory (NMML), National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 [PI: Dr. 
Thomas Loughlin] has been issued a permit to take Steller sea lions 
(Eumetopias jubatus), Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), and 
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) and 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);

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 2, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 59163) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take 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.), 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 the 
taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened 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.

    Dated: January 10, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-955 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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