[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24455]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 083100A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 981-1578-00)

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. Peter L. Tyack, Ph.D., Woods 
Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, 46 Water Street, 
Woods Hole, MA 02543, has been issued a permit to take several species 
of cetaceans for scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 40613) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take several species of cetaceans 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 fish and wildlife (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.
    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).

    Dated: August 31, 2000.
Eugene Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-24455 Filed 9-21-00; 8:45 am]
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