[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13004]
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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 051694C]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 918 (P191E).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the California Department of Fish
and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, has requested a
modification to Permit No. 918.
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);
Southwest Region, NMFS, 301 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach,
CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4020).
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. 918,
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, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
Permit No. 918 authorizes the permit holder to inadvertently harass
an unspecified number of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) and to
incidentally harass an unspecified number of California sea lions
(Zalophus californianus), Northern elephant seals (Mirounga
angustirostris), and Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) during
aerial surveys.
The permit holder requests authorization to also harass Steller sea
lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus
townsendi) incidental to aerial surveys and to harass all of the
species listed above incidental to collection of harbor seal scat
samples. The data on abundance and distribution of Steller sea lions
and Guadalupe fur seals will be included in the Department's Geographic
Information System which is being created by the State's Oil Spill
Prevention and Response Team.
Dated: May 23, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-13004 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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