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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - [I.D. 061501A]

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Issuance of permit.

# SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given that Whitlow W.L. Au, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Marine Mammal Research Program, PO Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, has been issued a permit to take several species of small cetaceans for purposes of scientific research.

# DATES:

Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before July 27, 2001.

# ADDRESSES:

The 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 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376; and

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562) 980-4001; fax (562) 980-4018;

                        Protected Species Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Room 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814-                              ( print page 34156)                            4700; phone (808)973-2935; fax (808) 973-2941.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynne Barre or Trevor Spradlin, (301) 713-2289.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    On April 12, 2001, notice was published in the                     **Federal Register**                     ( 66. FR 18904) that a request for a scientific research permit to take several species of small cetaceans around Hawaii, California and on the high seas had been submitted by the above-named individual.  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).                

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01-16174 Filed 6-26-01; 8:45 am]

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