[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 1180-1181] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-418] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 122898A] Marine Mammals; File No. P595
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Action
Issuance of permit amendment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary
Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 1004, issued to The Whale Conservation Institute, 191 Weston Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773, was amended to extend the expiration date to December 31, 1999.
Addresses
The amendment and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices: Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/ 713-2289); and Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978/281-9250).
For Further Information Contact
Ruth Johnson or Sara Shapiro, 301/713- 2289.
Supplementary Information
The subject amendment has been issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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.), and the provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
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 the endangered species which is the subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: December 31, 1998. Ann D. Terbush, Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 99-418 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F