[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2811]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010700A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF924-1484-00)

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 Marsha Green, Ph.D., Psychology 
Department, Albright College, P.O. Box 15234, Reading, PA 19612-5234, 
has been issued a permit to take (i.e., harass) 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);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4027) and
    Pacific Islands Area Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
NOAA, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu HI 96814-4700 
(808/973-2935).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On December 21, 1998, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (63 FR 70395) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take (i.e., harass) North Pacific humpback whales 
during the course of vessel effects 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.

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-2811 Filed 2-7-00; 8:45 am]
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