[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 96 (Friday, May 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28031-28032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9632]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 042307C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 42-1642

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 Mystic Aquarium has been issued an 
amendment to scientific research and enhancement Permit No. 42-1642-03.

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
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978)281-9300; fax (978)281-9394.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 2007, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (72 FR 6222) that an amendment of Permit No. 42-
1642-03, issued April 28, 2004 (69 FR 24586), had been requested by the 
above-named organization. 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 222-226), and the Fur Seal 
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    This permit amendment authorizes an increase in the number of blood 
samples that may be received, imported, or exported. The increase is to 
accommodate the availability of banked serum samples from other 
institutions for Brucella analysis. The amendment (reflected in the new 
Permit No. 42-1642-04) is effective until the expiration date of the 
permit, October 15, 2007.
    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.
    Issuance of this permit amendment, 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 such endangered species; 
and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in 
section 2 of the ESA.


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    Dated: May 14, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-9632 Filed 5-17-07; 8:45 am]
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