Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)
DOCID: fr31de08-33 FR Doc E8-31147
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN ID: RIN 0648-XM39
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr31de08-33
ACTION: Marine Mammals:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Marine Mammals; File No. 704-1698
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that The University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (Dr. Link Olsen, Responsible Party) has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 704169800.
SUMMARY:
Issuance of Permit Amendment,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
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 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.), the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
The amendment (No. 704169801) extends the expiration date of the permit from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009.
Issuance of this permit amendment, as required by the ESA, was
based on a finding that such amendment: (1) was applied for in good
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered
species; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: December 23, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Amy Sloan or Jennifer Skidmore, (301)7132289.