[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17315-17316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8252]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032395A]
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit (P586).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
(principal investigator: Stephen Viada), has applied in due form for a
permit to take the marine mammals and sea turtles listed below for the
purpose of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 5, 1995.
ADDRESSES: The application 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, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250);
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, N.,
St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141).
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 permit 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 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Regulations
Governing the Taking, Importing, and Exporting of Endangered Fish and
Wildlife (50 CFR parts 217-227).
The applicant seeks authorization to take by harassment an
unspecified number of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, (Tursiops
truncatus), common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), striped dolphin
(Stenella coeruleoalba), Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella
frontalis), harbor porpoise (phocoena), Risso's dolphins (Grampus
griseus), Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus), rough-
toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis), long-finned pilot whales
(Globicephala melaena), short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus), pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps), dwarf sperm
whales (Kogia simus), Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris),
dense-beaked [[Page 17316]] whales (Mesoplodon densirostris), Antillean
beaked whales (Mesoplodon europaeus), true's beaked whales (Mesoplodon
mirus), white whales (Delphinapterus leucas), sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), minke whales
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata), blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), sei
whales (Balaenoptera borealis), humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae), Northern right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), killer
whales (Orcinus orca), Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni), and pygmy
killer whales (Feresa attenuata). In addition, the applicant seeks
authorization to take annually by harassment 180 leatherback sea
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and 270 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta
caretta). Proposed taking will be by close approach (within 650 feet)
of a fixed-wing aircraft at a speed of 80-140 mph to document the
presence, density, and distribution of marine mammals. Surveys will be
conducted from April 1995 through October 1996 in Norfolk, Virginia,
and Mayport, Florida, and will encompass the continental shelf edge
(300-600 feet depth contours). The results of the aerial survey will
provide an adequate biological assessment of the two proposed survey
areas with respect to habitat utilization by marine mammals and aid in
selecting a candidate site for shock testing the SEAWOLF submarine.
Dated: March 30, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-8252 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-F
