[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 12010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XB040


Marine Mammals; File Nos. 1076-1789 and 14502

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Alliance of Marine Mammal 
Parks and Aquariums (The Alliance), 2850 Ranch Reserve Lane, 
Westminster, Colorado 80234 (Kristi West, Ph.D., Principal 
Investigator) and Russell Fielding, Ph.D., Department of Geography, 
University of Denver, 2050 E. Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208, have been 
issued minor amendments to Scientific Research Permit Nos. 1076-1789 
and 14502.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 
phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Bldg. 
1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone (206) 526-6150; fax (206) 526-6426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore, Amy Sloan or Kristy 
Beard, (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendments have been granted 
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).
    Permit No. 1076-1789: This permit, issued on March 13, 2007 (72 FR 
13092), authorized the receipt, import and export of marine mammal 
specimens (cetaceans and pinnipeds, except for walrus) under the 
jurisdiction of NMFS to study and document the health and biology of 
wild marine mammals as well as those marine mammals maintained in 
public display, research, or stranding facilities or from samples taken 
during other permitted research through February 29, 2012. This minor 
amendment (No. 1076-1789-01) extends the duration of the permit through 
February 28, 2013, but does not change any other terms or conditions of 
the permit.
    Permit No. 14502: This permit, issued on June 17, 2011 (72 FR 
13092), authorized the importation of samples from Risso's (Grampus 
griseus), spinner (Stenella longirostris), and spotted (S. frontalis) 
dolphins and short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) for 
the purpose of scientific research through June 17, 2012. This minor 
amendment (No. 14502-01) extends the duration of the permit through 
June 17, 2013, but does not change any other terms or conditions of the 
permit.

    Dated: February 22, 2012.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-4700 Filed 2-27-12; 8:45 am]
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