[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3001-3002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1724]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 012296D]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 873 (P77(2)#63).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA 92038-0271, has requested a
modification to Permit No. 873.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 29,
1996.
ADDRESSES: The modification request and related documents are available
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following
office(s):
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001); and
Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396
(808/973-2987).
Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this
request should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1,
Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons
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why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trevor Spradlin, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification is 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), the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and
wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
Permit No. 873 authorizes the Permit Holder to biopsy several
species of bow-riding cetaceans off the coasts of Washington, Oregon,
California, and Mexico, and to import biopsy tissues collected outside
of U.S. waters. The Permit Holder now seeks authorization to import
biopsy samples from three additional cetacean species/stocks (i.e.,
bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), western Pacific gray whale
(Eschrichtius robustus), and beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) from
Russian territorial waters. The applicant proposes to initiate this
work upon issuance of the modification.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: January 23, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-1724 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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