[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 72794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29811]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XX08


Marine Mammals; File No. 14628

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 National Museum of Natural 
History, Smithsonian Institution (Charles W. Potter, Responsible 
Party), P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, has been issued a permit 
to salvage, collect, receive/possess, and import/export parts from 
cetaceans and pinnipeds (except for walrus) 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 
salvage, collect, import, export, receive, possess, archive, and 
conduct analyses of marine mammal and endangered species parts. The 
applicant is requesting parts of all marine mammal under NMFS 
jurisdiction to be included in this permit. No live animal takes are 
being requested and no incidental harassment of animals would occur. 
Parts would be archived by the NMNH and used to support research 
studies and incidental education. 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.), the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226), and the Fur Seal 
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    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: November 18, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-29811 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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