[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-9866]
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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 041194A]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit No. 840 (P351D).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Craig Matkin, North Gulf
Oceanic Society, Merimac Drive, Mile 10.5 East Road, Homer, AK 99603,
has requested a modification to permit No. 840.
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 Director, Office of Protected
Resources, 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. 840,
issued on May 25, 1993 (58 FR 31370) 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. 840 authorizes the Permit Holder to conduct photo-
identification studies on killer whales in Southeast Alaskan waters.
The Permit Holder requests authorization to biopsy up to 94 of the
animals involved in the present study for purposes of genetic and
contaminant analyses.
Dated: April 15, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-9866 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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