65FR37362 Marine Mammals; File No. P624
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 115, Page 37362
[Federal Register: June 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 115)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011300D]
Marine Mammals; File No. P624
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 Dr. Michael J. Moore, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, has been issued an
amendment to scientific research Permit No. 1032.
ADDRESSES: The amendment 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 (301/
713-2289);
Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978/281-9250); and
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 10, 1999, notice was published
in the Federal Register (64 FR 73523) that an amendment of Permit No.
1032, issued April 18, 1997 (62 FR 23229), had been requested by the
above-named individual. 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.).
The Permit, as amended, authorizes at-sea biopsy darting of large
whales, blubber acoustic assay, passive acoustic listening, and
inadvertent harassment of large whales in Atlantic Ocean, international
waters and Caribbean.
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 is the
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: June 8, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-15021 Filed 6-13-00; 8:45 am]
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