[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 14425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6646]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XT56
Marine Mammals; File No. 14486
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 the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC),
301 Railway Avenue, PO Box 1329, Seward, AK 99664-1329 (Dr. Ian Dutton,
Responsible Party) has been issued a permit to receive, import, and
export marine mammal parts for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
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
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone
(907) 586-7221; fax (907) 586-7249.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan or Jennifer Skidmore, (301)
713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 8, 2010, notice was published in
the Federal Register (75 FR 1029) that a request for a permit to import
specimens for scientific research had been submitted by the above-named
applicant. 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 parts 222-226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
Permit No. 14486 authorizes the ASLC to collect, receive, import,
and export biological samples from up to 4,000 individual cetaceans and
5,000 individual pinnipeds (excluding walrus, Odobenus rosmarus)
annually for research on marine mammal population ecology, diet and
nutrition, reproductive physiology, toxicology, and health. The permit
is issued for 5 years.
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.
Issuance of this permit, 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 such endangered species; and (3) is
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Dated: March 19, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-6646 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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