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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3802-3803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00717]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE608]

Marine Mammals and Endangered Species

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits, permit amendments, and permit 
modifications.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits, permit amendments, and 
permit modifications 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: Erin Markin, Ph.D., (File Nos. 21467 
and 28294); Carrie Hubard (File No. 28082); Courtney Smith, Ph.D. (File 
No. 27984), and Sara Young (File No. 22677); at (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices were published in the Federal 
Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit, permit 
amendment, or permit modification 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 
file number provided in table 1 below.

                      Table 1--Issued Permits, Permit Amendments, and Permit Modifications
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                                                                             Previous Federal
      File No.         Version No.          RTID             Applicant       Register notice     Issuance date
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21467..............              03  0648-XE413........  Karen Holloway-    89 FR 85518,       December 17,
                                                          Adkins, Ph.D.,     October 28, 2024.  2024.
                                                          East Coast
                                                          Biologists,
                                                          Inc., P.O. Box
                                                          33715,
                                                          Indialantic, FL
                                                          32903.

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22677..............              01  0648-XR039........  NMFS Pacific       85 FR 1805,        December 12,
                                                          Islands            January 13, 2020.  2024.
                                                          Fisheries
                                                          Science Center,
                                                          1845 Wasp
                                                          Boulevard,
                                                          Building 176,
                                                          Honolulu, HI
                                                          96818
                                                          (Responsible
                                                          Party: Charles
                                                          Littnan, Ph.D.).
27984..............             N/A  0648-XE291........  Jooke Robbins,     89 FR 86319,       December 20,
                                                          Ph.D., Center      October 30, 2024.  2024.
                                                          for Coastal
                                                          Studies, 5
                                                          Holway Avenue,
                                                          Provincetown, MA
                                                          02657.
28082..............             N/A  0648-XD959........  Pioneer Studios,   89 FR 42854, May   December 20,
                                                          2511 Ashton        16, 2024.          2024.
                                                          Village Drive,
                                                          San Antonio, TX
                                                          78248
                                                          (Responsible
                                                          Party: Ben
                                                          Hamilton).
28294..............             N/A  0648-XE457........  Matthew Fisher,    89 FR 85517,       December 11,
                                                          Normandeau         October 28, 2024.  2024.
                                                          Associates Inc.,
                                                          2233 Spring
                                                          Street, West
                                                          Lawn, PA 19609.
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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 for File Nos. 21467, 27984, 28082, and 28294 are 
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement.
    For File No. 22677, NMFS determined that the activities proposed 
are consistent with the Preferred Alternative in the Final Hawaiian 
Monk Seal Recovery Actions Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
(NMFS 2014), and that issuance of the permit amendment would not have a 
significant adverse impact on the human environment.
    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: January 9, 2025.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-00717 Filed 1-14-25; 8:45 am]
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