[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55787-55788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28444]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D.092697B]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1016 (P167H)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Ann E. Bowles, Ph.D., Senior
Research Biologist, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham
Street, San Diego, California 92109, has requested an amendment to
Permit No. 1016.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 27,
1997.
ADDRESSES: The application 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); and
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Boulevard,
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).
Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be
appropriate.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
Permit No. 1016 authorizes the permittee to harass several species
of stranded rehabilitated and permanently captive pinnipeds and small
cetaceans in order to measure their interaction with fishing gear and
to determine the effect of introducing an auditory stimulus (i.e.,
pinger) on responses. The research is authorized to be conducted over a
five year period. The permittee is now requesting to: add 2 pinger
trials and 2 net trials with 14 of the 18 California sea lions
(Zalophus californianus) currently authorized to be involved in
motivational state trials; and increase the number of California sea
lions to be used in the naive trials from 30 to 40.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
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Dated: September 26, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28444 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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