[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15087-15088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6453]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080300G]


Marine Mammals; File No. 909-1465-01

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. 909-1465-00, issued to 
Dan Engelhaupt, Biological Sciences Department, University of Durham, 
Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LEQ, UNITED KINGDOM, 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, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive, St. Petersburg, Florida 33702-2432, (727/570-5312).

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

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 14, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 37361) that an amendment of Permit No. 909-
1465-00, issued September 17, 1999 (64 FR 50494), 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 for sperm 
whales only to waters of the Caribbean Sea and mid-western Atlantic 
with an increase in takes of 250 individuals by biopsy and 750 
individuals by incidental harassment over the course of the permit. The 
amendment also allows for biopsy sampling of female sperm whales with 
calves present as long as calves are longer than 4.5 meters in length.
    Issuance of this permit amendment, as required by the ESA, was 
based on a finding that such permit amendment (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 amendment, and (3) is 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
ESA.

    Dated: March 9, 2001.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-6453 Filed 3-14-01; 8:45 am]
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