[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4519]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010801B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 473-1433-02.

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 Permit No. 473-1433-01, issued to 
Janice Straley, University of Southeast Alaska, 1332 Seward Avenue, 
Sitka, Alaska 99835-9498, was amended.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices: 
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, 709 West 
9th Street, 4\th\ Floor, Juneau, Alaska 99801, (907/586-7221).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 15, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 49785) that an amendment of Permit No. 473-
1433, issued December 23, 1997 (62 FR 67052), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. The requested amendment has been granted 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 222-226).
    The permit has been amended to authorize: (1) 100 sperm whale takes 
(Physeter catodon) by photo-identification; (2) 5 sperm whale takes by 
suction cup tagging for critter cam; and (3) 25 sperm whale takes for 
harassment incidental to suction cup tagging with critter cam. No 
comments were received from the public on this permit amendment.
    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 16, 2001.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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