[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 54 (Monday, March 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14947-14948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6838]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 013100B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 376-1520-00

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 Dr. James H.W. Hain, Holder/
Principal Investigator, Associated Scientists of Woods Hole, Box 721, 3 
Water Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, has been issued a permit 
to take marine mammals 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);
    Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978/281-9250); and
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 23, 1999, Notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 33470) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take various cetacean species, harbor and grey 
seals, and sea turtles during aerial/vessel surveys, collect stomach 
contents and baleen, and conduct passive acoustic activities had been 
submitted by the above-named individual. A modified version of the 
permit request 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

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amended (ESA; 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). The take of right whales and sea 
turtles, and collection of stomach contents/baleen was not authorized.
    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: March 10, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-6838 Filed 3-17-00; 8:45 am]
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