[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23400-23401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08031]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC923]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and permit amendments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits and permit amendments have 
been issued to the following entities under the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as 
applicable.

ADDRESSES: The permits and related documents are available for review 
upon written request via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hubard (Permit No. 26593), 
Jennifer Skidmore (Permit Nos. 21419, 26689, 26716, and 27102), Shasta 
McClenahan, Ph.D. (Permit Nos. 26622 and 27049), Amy Hapeman (Permit 
No. 22156-03), and Courtney Smith, Ph.D. (Permit No. 21059); at (301) 
427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices were published in the Federal 
Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit or permit 
amendment had been submitted by the below-named applicants. To locate 
the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the 
application and a complete description of the activities, go to https://www.federalregister.gov and search on the permit number provided in 
table 1 below.

                                                      Table 1--Issued Permits and Permit Amendments
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        Permit No.               RTID                 Applicant                   Previous Federal Register  notice                 Issuance date
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21059-01..................      0648-XF378  Philip N. Hooge, Ph.D.,       83 FR 17655, April 23, 2018.....................  March 29, 2023.
                                             Glacier Bay National Park
                                             and Preserve, P.O. Box 140,
                                             Gustavus, AK 99826.
21419-01..................      0648-XG029  Shannon Atkinson, Ph.D.,      83 FR 21765, May 10, 2018.......................  March 8, 2023.
                                             University of Alaska
                                             Fairbanks, 17101 Point Lena
                                             Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801.
22156-03..................      0648-XC712  Douglas Nowacek, Ph.D.,       88 FR 4156, January 24, 2023....................  March 15, 2023.
                                             Nicholas School of the
                                             Environment, Duke
                                             University Marine
                                             Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine
                                             Lab Road, Beaufort, NC
                                             28516.
26593.....................      0648-XC409  Adam A. Pack, Ph.D.,          87 FR 59063, September 29, 2022.................  March 13, 2023.
                                             University of Hawaii at
                                             Hilo, 200 West Kawili
                                             Street, Hilo, HI 96720.
26622.....................      0648-XC250  Randall Wells, Ph.D.,         87 FR 48157, August 8, 2022.....................  March 9, 2023.
                                             Chicago Zoological
                                             Society's Sarasota Dolphin
                                             Research Program, c/o Mote
                                             Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken
                                             Thompson Parkway, Sarasota,
                                             FL 34236.
26689.....................      0648-XC425  Elsie Sunderland, Ph.D.,      87 FR 60125, October 4, 2022....................  March 30, 2023.
                                             Harvard University, 29
                                             Oxford Street, Pierce Hall
                                             No. 127, Cambridge, MA
                                             02138.
26716.....................      0648-XC455  Kathleen Hunt, Ph.D., George  87 FR 66162, November 2, 2022...................  March 31, 2023.
                                             Mason University,
                                             Department of Biology, 8936
                                             Center Street, Manassas, VA
                                             20110.
27049.....................      0648-XC753  Cristy Rocio Gonzalez         88 FR 9254, February 13, 2023...................  March 28, 2023.
                                             Barrientos, D.V.M., Texas
                                             A&M University, 2711
                                             Wilderness Drive North,
                                             College Station, TX 77845.

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27102.....................      0648-XC721  Institute for Marine          88 FR 7688, February 6, 2023....................  March 27, 2023.
                                             Sciences, 115 McAllister
                                             Way, Ocean Health Building,
                                             Santa Cruz, CA 95060
                                             (Responsible Party: Logan
                                             Pallin, Ph.D.).
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    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 
activities proposed are categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
    As required by the ESA, as applicable, issuance of these permit was 
based on a finding that such permits: (1) were applied for in good 
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered 
species; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policies set 
forth in Section 2 of the ESA.
    Authority: The requested permits have been issued under the MMPA 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 ESA 
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations 
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and 
threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226), as applicable.

    Dated: April 12, 2023.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-08031 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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