# Marine Mammals; Permit No. 1004 (P595)
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Scientific research permit amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of scientific research no. 1004 submitted by the Whale Conservation Institute/Ocean Alliance, 191 Weston Road, Lincoln, MA 01773, has been granted.
**ADDRESSES:**
The amendment and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment, in the following offices:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
February 11, 2000, notice was published in the *Federal Register* (65 FR 6997) that an amendment of permit no. 1004, issued June 21, 1996 (61 FR 33906) had been requested by the above-named organization. The requested amendment has been granted 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* .), and the regulations governing endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
Permit No. 1004 has been amended to: (1) extend the expiration date of the permit to December 31, 2000; (2) increase the number of imported tissue samples from all species, except southern right whale ( *Eubalaena**australis* ); and (3) increase locations from which samples may be imported.
Issuance of this amendment as required by the ESA of 1973 was based on a finding that the 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: June 5, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.