Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries Service File No. 10074; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No. PRT-165304, 35661 [E8-14260]
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 24, 2008 / Notices
Dated: June 17, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8–14275 Filed 6–23–08; 8:45 am]
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Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
RIN 0648–XI44
Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species; National Marine Fisheries
Service File No. 10074; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service File No. PRT–165304
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Interior.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Michael Etnier, Ph.D., Box 353100,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
98227 has been issued a permit to
import marine mammal specimens for
purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
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;
Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand
Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1,
Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone
(206)526–6150; fax (206)526–6426; and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Division of Management Authority,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212,
Arlington, VA 22203 (1–800–358–2104).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Swails or Amy Sloan, (301)713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 25, 2008, notice was published
in the Federal Register (73 FR 4540)
that a request for a scientific research
permit to take marine mammals had
been submitted by the above-named
individual. The requested permit has
been issued 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
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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 permit authorizes Dr. Etnier to
possess and import/export marine
mammal and endangered and
threatened species parts (hard and soft)
from the orders of Cetacea, Pinnipedia,
and Carnivora (sea otter, Enhydra
lutris). Specimens (teeth, bone, and
whiskers) will be obtained from
museums and private collections or
collected from carcasses of beach
stranded animals or federally sponsored
subsistence harvests. No animals will be
taken or killed for the purposes of this
research. The objectives are to combine
osteometric, chemical, and genetic
analyses to test hypotheses regarding
the stability of ecological adaptations
among marine mammals in the eastern
north Pacific Ocean throughout the Late
Holocene.
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.
Issuance of this permit, as required by
the ESA, 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 18, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: June 18, 2008.
Timothy J. Van Norman,
Chief, Branch of Permits Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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continuing effort to reduce paperwork
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information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
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and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–7735; or by e-mail
at Robert.Clarke@uspto.gov.
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I. Abstract
The Patent Prosecution Highway
(PPH) pilot program was originally
established between the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on
July 3, 2006. The PPH program allows
applicants whose claims are determined
to be patentable in the office of first
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The USPTO and the JPO agreed at the
November 2007 Trilateral Conference to
fully implement the PPH program on a
permanent basis starting on January 4,
2008.
The USPTO entered into a PPH pilot
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Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) on
September 4, 2007. Additional PPH
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
RIN 0648-XI44
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries
Service File No. 10074; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No. PRT-
165304
AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Interior.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Michael Etnier, Ph.D., Box
353100, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98227 has been issued a
permit to import marine mammal specimens for purposes of scientific
research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
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;
Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg.
1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone (206)526-6150; fax (206)526-6426; and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203 (1-800-358-
2104).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Swails or Amy Sloan, (301)713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 25, 2008, notice was published in
the Federal Register (73 FR 4540) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take marine mammals had been submitted by the above-
named individual. The requested permit has been issued 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 222-226), and the Fur Seal Act of
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
The permit authorizes Dr. Etnier to possess and import/export
marine mammal and endangered and threatened species parts (hard and
soft) from the orders of Cetacea, Pinnipedia, and Carnivora (sea otter,
Enhydra lutris). Specimens (teeth, bone, and whiskers) will be obtained
from museums and private collections or collected from carcasses of
beach stranded animals or federally sponsored subsistence harvests. No
animals will be taken or killed for the purposes of this research. The
objectives are to combine osteometric, chemical, and genetic analyses
to test hypotheses regarding the stability of ecological adaptations
among marine mammals in the eastern north Pacific Ocean throughout the
Late Holocene.
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.
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, 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 18, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: June 18, 2008.
Timothy J. Van Norman,
Chief, Branch of Permits Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E8-14260 Filed 6-23-08; 8:45 am]
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