[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24538-24539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9330]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041305A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1074-1779-00

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 Marc Dantzker, Principal 
Investigator, Producer, Sound Recording, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 
Macaulay Library, Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, 
NY 14850-1999, has been issued a permit to take marine mammals during 
photographic activities for commercial and educational purposes.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review

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upon written request or by appointment (See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 10, 2005, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (70 FR 7082) that a request for a commercial/
educational photography permit to take by harassment various cetacean 
and pinniped species 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.).
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the 
activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
    Documents may be reviewed in the following locations:
    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)427-2521;
    Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Northwest 
Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 
98115-0700; phone (206)526-6150; fax (206)526-6426;
    Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone (907)586-
7235; fax (907)586-7012;
    Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Southwest 
Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213; phone (562)980-4020; fax (562)980-4027;
    Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Pacific 
Islands Regional Office, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110, 
Honolulu, HI 96814-4700; phone (808)973-2935; fax (808)973-2941;
    Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Northeast 
Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298; phone 
(978)281-9328; fax (987)281-9394; and
    Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Southeast 
Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, phone 
(727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.

    Dated: May 4, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-9330 Filed 5-9-05; 8:45 am]
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