[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-30676]
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[Federal Register: December 14, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 120694A]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit No. 716 (P466).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Scott D. Kraus, Edgerton
Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA
02110-3309, has requested a modification to permit No. 716.
ADDRESSES: The modification request 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 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9450 Koger Boulevard, St.
Petersburg, FL 33702 (813/570-5312); and
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281-9200).
Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this
request, should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, NMFS,
NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,
Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days of the publication of this
notice. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular modification request
would be appropriate.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to permit No. 716,
issued on October 9, 1990 (55 FR 46543), 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. 716 authorizes the permit holder for the inadvertent
harassment of up to 350 right whales during the course of photo-
identification and aerial survey activities. The permit holder is also
authorized to biopsy up to 50 right whales, and to import/export right
whale tissues for scientific research purposes. The permit holder now
requests authorization to attach radio tags to up to 10 right whales in
order to determine their whereabouts while outside of the present
survey area.
Dated: December 7, 1994.
P. A. Montanio,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-30676 Filed 12-13-94; 8:45 am]
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