Federal Register: December 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 248)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-31834
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DOCUMENT ID: [I.D. 120701A]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Permits:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Issuance of permit.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Marine Mammals; File No. 779-1633-00
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that the Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Keith D. Mullin) has been issued a permit to take marine mammals for purposes of scientific research.
SUMMARY:
Marine mammals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
On August 16, 2001, notice was published in the Federal Register (66 FR 42997) that a request for a scientific research permit to take marine mammals had been submitted by the above named organization. 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.), 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 regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222226).
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 19, 2001.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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