[Federal Register: April 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 79)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 033099A]

 
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 917 (P774#2)

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

ACTION: Scientific research permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of 
scientific research permit no. 917 submitted by The Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water Street, 
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1097, has been granted.

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 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298 (508/281-9250); and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 9, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 6326) that an amendment of permit no. 917, 
issued May 12, 1994 (59 FR 25892), had been requested by the above-
named organization. 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 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 222.23).
    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: April 16, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-10293 Filed 4-23-99; 8:45 am]
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