[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 137 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18018]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062600C]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Rachel Cartwright, P.O. Box 1317, 
Lahaina, Hawaii 96767, has been issued an amendment to scientific 
research Permit No. 895-1450.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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 
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001); and
    Protected Species Program Manager, Pacific Islands Area Office, 
Southwest Region, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Suite 1110, Honolulu, 
HI (808/973-2937);
    Alaska Regional Office, Federal Building Room 461, 709 West 
9th Street, Juneau, Alaska (907/586-7235).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 30, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 16894) that an amendment of Permit No. 895-
1450, issued December 23, 1998 (64 FR 862), had been requested by the 
above-named person. The requested amendment 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 (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the 
Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, and Exporting of 
Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222). The amendment 
authorizes the extension of the study to specified Alaskan waters with 
no increase in takes.
    Issuance of this amendment, 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: July 11, 2000.
Jeannie Drevenak,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18018 Filed 7-14-00; 8:45 am]
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