[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2459-2460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-556]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF00


Marine Mammals; File No. 642-1536-03

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

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Joseph R. Mobley, Ph.D., 
University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster 404, 
Honolulu, HI 96822 has withdrawn his application for an amendment to 
his existing scientific research permit.

ADDRESSES: The documents related to this action are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    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
    Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, 
Honolulu, HI

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96814-4700; phone (808)973-2935; fax (808)973-2941.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Swails or Amy Hapeman, (301)713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4, 2007 a notice was published in 
the Federal Register (72 FR 30775) that an application had been filed 
by Dr. Mobley for an amendment to Permit No. 642-1536.
    Permit No. 642-1536 authorizes the permit holder to conduct aerial 
and vessel-based research, including surface and underwater 
photography/videography for identification and sex verification, on 
North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and several 
other species of cetaceans in Hawaiian waters.
    The withdrawn amendment request was for authorization to use sound 
playback on up to 250 humpback whales annually in the waters off West 
Maui and possibly other inshore areas among the main Hawaiian Islands. 
After completing revisions the applicant plans to resubmit the 
application at a later date.

    Dated: January 9, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division,Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-556 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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