[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 70310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC58


Marine Mammals; File No. 1039-1916

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

ACTION: Notice; denial of permit.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that a request for a scientific 
research permit [File No. 1039-1916] submitted by Ann Zoidis, Cetos 
Research Organization, 11 Des Isle Avenue, Bar Harbor, Maine has been 
denied.

ADDRESSES: The application 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;
    Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, 
Honolulu, HI 96814-4700; phone (808)973-2935; fax (808)973-2941; 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 Carrie Hubard, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 17, 2007, a notice was 
published in the Federal Register (72 FR 52862) that an application had 
been filed by the above named individual. The requested permit has been 
denied subject to the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 (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 222-226).
    The applicant requested authorization to conduct multiple 
activities, including suction-cup tagging, on cetaceans in Hawaiian 
waters and the Gulf of Maine. The purpose of the research would have 
been to determine abundance, distribution, habitat use, and foraging 
and social behavior of ESA and non-ESA listed species. Overall, the 
scope of the proposed research was too broad to determine if the 
objectives could be met by the applicant and if the manner in which the 
research would be conducted was consistent with the MMPA and ESA.

    Dated: December 4, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-23956 Filed 12-10-07; 8:45 am]
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