[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10483-10484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010501A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 545-1562-00

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 Olga von Ziegesar, North Gulf 
Oceanic Society, P.O. Box 15191, Homer, Alaska 99603, has been issued a 
permit to take 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 office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, 709 West 9th Street, 
4th

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Floor, Juneau, Alaska 99801, (907/586-7221).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Lewandowski or Trevor Spradlin, 
301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 6360) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take humpback whales had been submitted by the 
above-named Olga von Ziegesar, North Gulf Oceanic Society. 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: February 9, 2001.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-3868 Filed 2-14-01; 8:45 am]
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