[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25332]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091002H]


Marine Mammals; File No. 751-1614-02

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 Ocean Alliance/Whale Conservation 
Institute, 191 Weston Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 (Dr. Roger S. Payne, 
Principal Investigator) has been issued an amendment to scientific 
research Permit No. 751-1614-01.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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; andSoutheast Region, 
NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; 
phone (727)570-5301; fax (727)570-5320.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 22, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 47774) that an amendment of Permit No. 751-
1614, issued on March 7, 2002 (67 FR 11677), had been requested by the 
above-named organization. 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 parts 222-226).
    The amended permit provides authorization to import and export 
samples collected from the cetacean species listed in the permit, 
within the territorial waters of any foreign country sanctioned by the 
United States and in accordance with the permit conditions.
    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: September 26, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-25332 Filed 10-3-02; 8:45 am]
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