[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39750-39751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16913]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD939


Marine Mammals; File No. 19526

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 a permit has been issued to Adam 
White, BBC Natural History Unit, The Limes, Lea, Malmesbury Wiltshire, 
SN16 9PG United Kingdom, to conduct commercial or educational 
photography on four species of cetaceans and five species of pinnipeds.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hubard or Jennifer Skidmore, 
(301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 15, 2015, notice was published in the

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Federal Register (80 FR 27928) that a request for a permit to conduct 
commercial or educational photography on long-beaked common dolphins 
(Delphinus capensis), short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), 
Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops 
truncatus), harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), California sea lions 
(Zalophus californianus), Northern elephant seals (Mirounga 
angustirostris), Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), and Northern 
fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) had been submitted by the above-named 
applicant. 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 filming of marine mammals along the 
California coast from Point A[ntilde]o Nuevo south to the Channel 
Islands. Cetaceans may be filmed from boats and pole cameras. Pinnipeds 
may be filmed from boats, pole cameras, underwater divers, and while 
hauled out on land. Footage will be used for a Big Blue Live television 
series examining marine issues and conservation successes along the 
coast of California. The permit is valid until September 30, 2015.
    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: July 7, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-16913 Filed 7-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P