# Marine Mammals; File No. 633-1763
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice; withdrawal of application.
**SUMMARY:**
Notice is hereby given that the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), P.O. Box 1036,
**ADDRESSES:**
The documents related to this action are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 427-2521;
Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298; phone (978) 281-9300; fax (978) 281-9394; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701; phone (727) 824-5312; fax (727) 824-5309.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Kristy Beard or Kate Swails, (301) 713-2289.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On October 16, 2008 a notice was published in the *Federal Register* (73 FR 61398) that an amendment application had been filed by CCS. The amendment to Permit No. 633-1763 was requested 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), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ). Permit No. 633-1763, issued on April 21, 2005 (70 FR 22299), authorizes the permit holder to harass North Atlantic right whales ( *Eubalaena glacialis* ) during close approaches for aerial and vessel surveys with associated photo-identification and behavioral observations in the Gulf of Maine, Cape Cod Bay, Great South Channel, and Georgia Bight; and the collection and export of sloughed right whale skin. The applicant has withdrawn their application.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Tammy C. Adams,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.