[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 187 (Thursday, September 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 54901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19145]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XB64


Marine Mammals; File No. 10019

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Jonathon Millman, 268 Mast Road, 
Durham, New Hampshire 03824, has been issued a permit to conduct 
commercial/educational photography of pinnipeds in Maine.

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)427-2521; and
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978)281-9300; fax (978)281-9394.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 10, 2007, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (72 FR 45013) that a request for a commercial/
educational photography permit to take harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) 
and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) 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.) and the regulations governing the taking and 
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The permit authorizes Level B harassment of 200 harbor seals and 50 
gray seals during one to two filming sessions around the Isle of 
Shoals, Maine. Filming will take place above and below water and 
footage obtained will be used for the New Hampshire Public Television's 
``Windows to the Wild'' series. The permit expires on November 1, 2007.
    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.

    Dated: September 24, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-19145 Filed 9-26-07; 8:45 am]
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