[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2137]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011402C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1018-1655-00

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 Luciana Moller, Ph.D., Department 
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, 
Connecticut 06520 has been issued a permit to import tissue samples 
taken from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Australia 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, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376;
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978) 281-9200; fax (978) 281-9371.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan or Lynne Barre (301) 713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 14, 2001, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (66 FR 57041) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to import skin and blubber biopsy samples taken from 
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Australia 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.), and the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: January 23, 2002.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-2137 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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