[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 7509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3762]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010903A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 939-1682

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 Michael Moore, Ph.D., Woods Hole 
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, has been 
issued a permit to collect, import and export parts from all cetaceans 
and pinniped species (excluding walrus) 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; and
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978)281-9200; fax (978)281-9371.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 4, 2002, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (67 FR 56535) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to collect, import and export marine mammal parts of 
the orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia (excluding walrus) 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.), 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.), the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226), and the Fur 
Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    Issuance of this permit, 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 are the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-3762 Filed 2-13-03; 8:45 am]
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