[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18419]



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071300A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 526-1523

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 Allied Whale, College of the 
Atlantic,105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609-1198 (Principal 
Investigator: Sean K. Todd, Ph.D) has been issued a permit to take 
humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), finback (Balaenoptera physalus) and 
minke (B. acutorostrata) whales 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);
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 
(978/281-9138).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 13, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 19877) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), finback 
(Balaenoptera physalus) and minke (B. acutorostrata) whales 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.), 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: July 14, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18419 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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