[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72149-72150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30755]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 112702A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 473-1433

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Janice Straley, Assistant 
Professor of Marine Biology, University of Southeast Alaska, 1332 
Seward Avenue, Sitka, Alaska 99835-9498, has been issued an amendment 
to scientific research Permit No. 473-1433-02.

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, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and
    Alaska Region, NOAA Fisheries, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668; phone (907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Lewandowski, Lynne Barre or 
Trevor Spradlin, (301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment to Permit No. 473-
1433-02, originally issued on February 23, 2001 (66 FR 11274), 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 (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 permit holder requested authorization to extend Permit No. 473-
1433-02 for an additional 12 months. The new expiration date for the 
permit is November 30, 2003, and the permit number has been changed to 
No. 473-1433-03 to reflect that the permit has been amended.

    Dated: November 29, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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