[Federal Register: January 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 6)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 123098C]

 
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 855 (File No. P342C)

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. 855, issued to Mr. John 
Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective, Waterstreet Building, Suite 
201, 218 \1/2\ West Fourth Avenue, Olympia, WA, 98501, was amended.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130

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Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Seattle, WA 981150070 (206/526-
6426); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (562/980-4213).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak or Trevor Spradlin, 
301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment has been issued under 
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    The Holder is authorized to collect marine mammal tissue samples 
from Alaska Native subsistence hunts. This amendment authorizes the 
extension of the expiration date through December 31, 1999.
    Issuance of this permit, 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: December 30, 1998.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-531 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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