[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16384]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 060302C]


Endangered Species; File No. 1051

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that John I. Galvez, Maryland Fisheries 
Resource Office, U. S. Fish and Wildlife service, 177 Admiral Cochran 
Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401, has been issued a modification to 
scientific research Permit No. 1051.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    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: Lillian Becker or Ruth Johnson, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted 
under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The modification extends the permit to 
May 31, 2003 with no increase in take.
    Issuance of this amendment, 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: June 21, 2002.
Trevor R. Spradlin,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-16384 Filed 6-27-02; 8:45 am]
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