[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-3346]
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[Federal Register: February 14, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 020794D]
Marine Mammals; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify Permit No. 867 (P540).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Frank Cipriano, Kewalo Marine
Laboratory, 13 Ahui Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, has requested a
modification to Permit No. 867.
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);
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015);
Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., BIN C15700,
Seattle, WA 98115;
Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 13668, Juneau, AK
99802 (907/586-7221);
Southeast Region, NMFS, 9540 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33702
(813/893-3141); and
Northeast Region, NMFS, 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 Director, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 East-West
Highway, 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. 867,
issued on July 20, 1993 (58 FR 40114) 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 parts 217-222).
Permit No. 867 authorizes the Permit Holder to import samples from
dusky dolphin L. obscurus and Pacific white-sided dolphin L.
obliquidens, samples from each of white-beaked dolphin L. albirostris,
Atlantic white-sided dolphin L. acutus, hourglass dolphin L. cruciger,
and Peale's dolphin L. australis. The samples would be obtained
opportunistically, from existing collections and museums, captive
dolphins, Permitted researchers, and/or imported from Peru, Chile,
Argentina, New Zealand, and South Africa.
The Holder requests authorization to include an additional 54
odontocete species in his research. A small quantity (5 grams) of skin,
heart, muscle or liver tissue will be obtained for genetic analysis.
The samples may be obtained from available collections and museums in
the United States, Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Peru, New Zealand,
South Africa, the United Kingdom. The additional samples are needed in
the ongoing molecular-genetic study for outgroup analysis of
relationships within Lagenorhynchus and assessment of the relationship
of Lagenorhyncyhus to other dolphins.
February 7, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-3346 Filed 2-11-94; 8:45 am]
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