[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11355]
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[Federal Register: May 11, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.041994A]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of Application to Modify Permit No. 836 (P79F).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Institute of Marine Science,
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (Principal
Investigators: Drs. Daniel P. Costa, Burney J. LeBoeuf, and Charles L.
Ortiz), has requested a modification to Permit No. 836.
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); and
Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802-4213).
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. 836,
issued on May 12, 1993 (58 FR 29199) 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. 836 authorizes the Permit Holder to conduct various
research activities on Northern elephant seals (Mirounga
angustirostris) over a 5-year period. These activities include, among
other things, capture, tagging and marking, handling, temporary
captivity and translocation upon release. Activities are authorized to
be conducted on Ano Nuevo.
The Permit Holder requests authorization to: Translocate and
release up to 40 animals each year to a location 5 miles south of the
Sur Ridge or from a point south of Pt. Sur (site of the sound source
for the proposed Acoustic Thermography of the
Ocean Climate (ATOC) experiment); attach an acoustic data logger
(sound recorder) to the dorsal midline on the back; play killer whale
sounds in the track of homing seals (when the ATOC sound source is
off); and extend the area of take to include Gorda and Piedras Blancas
in Central California.
Dated: May 3, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11355 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]
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