[Federal Register: June 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052199A]

 
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 928 (File No. P351E)

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. 928, issued to Ms. Olga 
von Ziegesar, North Gulf Oceanic Society, P.O. Box 15191, Homer, AK 
99603, 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 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 709 W. 9<SUP>th</SUP> Street, Federal Building, Room 
461, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 (907-586-7235).

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).
    Permit No. 928 authorizes Ms. von Ziegesar to harass humpback 
whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) during photo-identification studies and 
biopsy sampling activities in Alaska waters. 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: June 10, 1999.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-15534 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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