[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21407]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XX08


Marine Mammals; File No. 15471

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

ACTION:  Notice; issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Michael Adkesson, D.V.M., Chicago 
Zoological Society, 3300 Golf Rd., Brookfield, IL 60527, has been 
issued a permit to import specimens from South American fur seals for 
scientific research.

ADDRESSES:  The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and
    Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 
01930; phone (978)281-9328; fax (978) 281-9394;

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Laura Morse or Jennifer Skidmore, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 29, 2010, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (75 FR 37389) that a request for a permit to 
import biological samples taken for scientific research from South 
American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) had been submitted by the 
above-named applicant. These samples are part of an ongoing health 
assessment studies in Punta San Juan, Peru. There will be no non-target 
species taken incidentally under this permit because the permit would 
only cover import and possession of samples from animals taken legally 
under other permits. 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.), and the regulations governing the taking and 
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the 
activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

    Dated: August 23, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-21407 Filed 8-26-10; 8:45 am]
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