65 FR 181 pgs. 56296-56297 - Marine Mammals; File No. 914-1470-01
Type: NOTICEVolume: 65Number: 181Pages: 56296 - 56297
Docket number: [I.D. 081700E]
FR document: [FR Doc. 00-23920 Filed 9-15-00; 8:45am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081700E]
Marine Mammals; File No. 914-1470-01
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Issuance of permit amendment.
SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that the University of SouthernMississippi, Department of Biological Sciences, USM Box 5018,Hattiesburg, MS 39401 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Bobby L.Middlebrooks), has been issued an amendment to scientificresearch Permit No. 914-1470 to import elephant seal samples fromArgentina.
ADDRESSES:
The amendment and related documents are available for reviewupon written request or by appointment in the followingoffice(s):
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of ProtectedResources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, SilverSpring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 ExecutiveCenter Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432(813/570-5312).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruth Johnson or Simona Roberts, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On July 11, 2000, notice was published in the Federal Register (65 FR 42676) that an amendment ofPermit No. 914-1470, issued November 12, 1998 (63 FR 64066), hadbeen requested by the above-named organization. The requestedamendment has been granted under the authority of the MarineMammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 etseq.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing ofMarine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
Dated: September 12, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-23920 Filed 9-15-00; 8:45am]
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