[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15708-15709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XO43


Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1724

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Alaska SeaLife Center, 301 
Railway

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Avenue, Seward, AK 99664 [Dr. Ian Dutton, Responsible Party] has been 
issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 881-1724.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted 
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.).
    This minor amendment extends the expiration date of the permit from 
March 30, 2009 to March 30, 2010, and minor changes to personnel are 
authorized. The permit authorizes the Permit Holder to import, export, 
and collect parts from marine mammals taken under existing permits in 
the country of origin; from legal subsistence hunts; from legal 
incidental bycatch; and from opportunistic collection of stranded 
carcasses. The purposes of this research are to study marine mammal 
population ecology, diet and nutrition, reproductive physiology, 
toxicology, and health. No takes of live animals are authorized by the 
permit.
    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 endangered species; and (3) is 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
ESA.

    Dated: April 1, 2009
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-7858 Filed 4-6-09; 8:45 am]
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