Notice2025-10500
Marine Mammals; File No. 28712
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Published
June 10, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that a permit has been issued to Kaitlin Allen, Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS No. 50, Woods Hole, MA 02543, to import, export, and receive marine mammal parts for scientific research.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 24387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10500]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE980]
Marine Mammals; File No. 28712
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 a permit has been issued to
Kaitlin Allen, Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods
Hole Road, MS No. 50, Woods Hole, MA 02543, to import, export, and
receive marine mammal parts for scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d19f9c9782ff81a3e092bebcbcb4bfa5a291bfbeb0b0ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a64676c79047a581b694547474f445e596a44454b4b044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., or Jennifer
Skidmore, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 29, 2025, notice was published in
the Federal Register (90 FR 17779) that a request for a scientific
research permit had been submitted by the above-named applicant. The
requested permit was issued on June 4, 2025, 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 through 226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
The permit authorizes import, export, and receipt of marine mammal
parts and the development of cell lines to understand diving,
metabolic, and reproductive physiology of marine mammals. The permit
expires on June 30, 2035.
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.
As required by the ESA, issuance of this permit 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: June 5, 2025.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-10500 Filed 6-9-25; 8:45 am]
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