[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47015-47016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22641]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 083101E]


Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1645

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 The National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., 
BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (PI: Dr. Robert DeLong) has been issued a 
permit to take harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) for purposes of 
scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review

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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; 
phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 
1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone (206) 526-6150; fax (206) 526-6426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson or Tammy Adams, (301) 
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 31, 2001, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (66 FR 39493) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take harbor porpoise 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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-22641 Filed 9-7-01; 8:45 am]
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