Notice2022-23774
Marine Mammals; File No. 26716
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Published
November 2, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that Kathleen Hunt, Ph.D., George Mason University, Department of Biology, 8936 Center St., Manassas, VA 20110, has applied in due form for a permit to import and export marine mammal parts for scientific research.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66162-66163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23774]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC455]
Marine Mammals; File No. 26716
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Kathleen Hunt, Ph.D., George Mason
University, Department of Biology, 8936 Center St., Manassas, VA 20110,
has applied in due form for a permit to import and export marine mammal
parts for scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before December 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
``Features'' box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
(APPS) home page, <a href="https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov">https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov</a>, and then selecting File
No. 26716 from the list of available applications. These documents are
also available upon written request via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7898a8194e997b5f684a8aaaaa2a9b3b487a9a8a6a6e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="27696a61740977551664484a4a42495354674948464609404851">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to
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<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b55565d48354b692a587476767e756f685b75747a7a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afe1e2e9fc81ffdd9eecc0c2c2cac1dbdcefc1c0cece81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 26716 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aae4e7ecf984fad89be9c5c7c7cfc4ded9eac4c5cbcb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="531d1e15007d032162103c3e3e363d2720133d3c32327d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Shasta
McClenahan, Ph.D., (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking
and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The applicant proposes to import and export narwhal (Monodon
monoceros) powdered samples of tusks and teeth from the Greenland
Institute of Natural Resources laboratories in Copenhagen, Denmark for
hormone analyses. Samples from up to 100 individual animals taken in
legal Inuit subsistence hunts in Greenland would be imported and
exported annually, not to exceed 100 total individuals over the
duration of the permit. The requested duration of the permit is 5
years.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: October 24, 2022.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-23774 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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