[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6489]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 022396E]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of modification request for scientific research permit
no. 868 (P539).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Norihisa Baba, National Research
Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424, Japan, has requested a
modification to permit no. 868 to take the marine mammals listed below
for the purpose of scientific research.
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); and
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
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, 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 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. 868,
issued on July 19, 1993, (58 FR 39525) is requested under the authority
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.), the Regulation Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1151 et seq. and fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
The permit holder seeks authorization to capture, tag, mark, and
collect tissue samples from northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in
Alaska in June through August 1999. This request would extend the
permit from the Modification 1 expiration date of September 30, 1996
until September 30, 1999.
Dated: March 6, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-6489 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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