[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12732-12733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5838]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XU67


Marine Mammals; File No. 14142

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 Niladri Basu, Ph.D., Department 
of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 109 South 
Observatory Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, has been issued a 
scientific research permit to import marine mammal specimens for 
scientific research.

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ADDRESSES:  The permit and related documents 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
    Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 
01930; phone (978) 281-9328; fax (978) 281-9394.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 28, 2009, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (74 FR 4945) that a request for a scientific 
research permit 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 the importation of marine mammal tissues 
(brain, liver, muscle, kidney, skin) from up to 100 individuals 
(hunter-killed, stranded) collected by colleagues at the National 
Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (Roskilde, Denmark) from 
each of the following marine mammal species taken in Greenland, Faroe 
Islands, or Denmark: ringed seal (Phoca hispida), pilot whale 
(Globicephala melas), hooded seal (Cystopora cristata), harp seal 
(Pagophilus groenlandicus), narwhal (Monodon monoceros), beluga 
(Delphinapterus leucas), harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), harbor 
seal (Phoca vitulina), and grey seal (Haliocherus grypus). This permit 
does not include authorization for takes of live animals or the 
incidental take of non-target species. This permit will expire 5 years 
from date of issuance.
    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: March 11, 2010.
Tammy C. Adams,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-5838 Filed 3-16-10; 8:45 am]
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