Notice2024-05261
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; File No. 27671
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Published
March 13, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Forensic Laboratory, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112 (Kevin Werner, Ph.D., Responsible Party), has applied in due form for a permit to receive, import, and export marine mammal and protected species parts for scientific research.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 18397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05261]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RTID 0648-XD796
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; File No. 27671
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 the Northwest Fisheries Science
Center, Marine Forensic Laboratory, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle,
WA 98112 (Kevin Werner, Ph.D., Responsible Party), has applied in due
form for a permit to receive, import, and export marine mammal and
protected species parts for scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before April 12, 2024.
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. 27671 from the list of available applications. These documents are
also available upon written request via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#347a7972671a644605775b5959515a4047745a5b55551a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd1d2d9ccb1cfedaedcf0f2f2faf1ebecdff1f0fefeb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7b9bab1a4d9a785c6b4989a9a92998384b799989696d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83cdcec5d0add3f1b2c0eceeeee6edf7f0c3edece2e2ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 27671 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#bef0f3f8ed90eecc8ffdd1d3d3dbd0cacdfed0d1dfdf90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a74777c69146a480b795557575f544e497a54555b5b145d554c">[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: Malcolm Mohead or Jennifer Skidmore,
(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.), 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.).
The applicant proposes to receive, import, and export samples from
up to 100 individual animals from each species of all cetaceans,
pinnipeds (excluding walrus), sea turtles (in water), coral, and
individual species of fish and abalone listed under the ESA including:
black and white abalone, Pacific and Atlantic salmonids, sawfish,
sturgeon, sharks, grouper, rockfish, guitarfish, and totoaba. Receipt,
import, and export is requested worldwide. Sources of samples may
include animal strandings in foreign countries, foreign and domestic
subsistence harvests, captive animals, other authorized persons or
collections, incidentally bycaught animals, transfers from law
enforcement, and marine mammals that died incidental to commercial
fishing operations in the U.S. and foreign countries, where such take
is legal. Samples would be archived at the Marine Forensics
Laboratories in either Charleston, South Carolina, Seattle, Washington,
and Ashland, Oregon. Samples would be used for research, supporting law
enforcement actions, and outreach and education. No live takes from the
wild would be authorized. 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: March 7, 2024.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-05261 Filed 3-12-24; 8:45 am]
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