[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32793-32794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15193]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 060501D]


Marine Mammals; File No.775-1600-01

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 775-1600, issued to Dr. 
Micheal P. Sissenwine, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS,166 
Water Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1026, has been amended to 
include takes of 28 species of cetacean for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before July 
18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The amended permit and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298; phone (508)281-9250; fax (508)281-9371.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammy Adams or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 27, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 64432) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take seven species of baleen whale, 21 species of 
odontocetes, and four species of pinnipeds had been submitted by the 
above-named organization.
    The requested permit was issued for the four species of pinniped 
only, 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), pending 
completion of a consultation on the proposed activities on the species 
of cetacean listed as endangered, as

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required under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
    The subject amendment was issued for the 28 species of cetacean 
under the authority of the MMPA, as amended, 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.), and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and 
exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
    Issuance of this 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 the endangered species which are the 
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: June 11, 2001.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-15193 Filed 6-15-01; 8:45 am]
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