[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 25203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11685]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050195C]
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
(P771#73).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal
Laboratory, has applied in due form for a permit to take the marine
mammals listed below for the purpose of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 12, 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, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN
C15700, Bldg 1, Seattle, WA 99115-0070 (206/526-6150);
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Barone, (301/713-2289).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
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.), and
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
(50 CFR part 216).
The applicant seeks authorization to satellite tag 75 harbor
porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the wild, and up to 25 captive
rehabilitated animals including harbor porpoise, Dall's porpoise
(Phocoenoides dalli) and Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus
obliquidens). The applicant seeks authorization to take by harassment
up to 750 harbor porpoise incidental to the tagging. The work will be
conducted over a 5-year period. Proposed taking will be by small boat.
Field work will start in July, 1995 and continue through October, 1999
in Washington and Oregon. The results of the research will provide
information on stock boundaries.
Dated: May 5, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-11685 Filed 5-10-95; 8:45 am]
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