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DOCUMENT ID: [I.D. 121803B]

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Permits:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Issuance of permit amendments.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Marine Mammals; Permits No. 774-1437, 914-1470, 782-1438 and 782- 1446

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the following Permits have been amended to extend the expiration dates:

774143706 The National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA 92038, (Dr. Robert L. Brownell, Jr., Principal Investigator);

914147002 University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Biological Sciences, USM Box 5018, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 [Principal Investigator: Dr. Bobby L. Middlebrooks];

782143807 and 782144607 National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 981150070, [Dr. Sue Moore, Principal Investigator (PI)]

SUMMARY: Marine mammals,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The requested amendments have 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.), and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222226).

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: December 18, 2003.
Tammy Adams,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 0331754 Filed 122303; 8:45 am]
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