[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19907-19908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11233]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 041996B]
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 838 (P535)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for modification.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Stephen Insley, Smithsonian
Institution, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC 20008, has
requested a modification to permit No. 838.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 3, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The modification request and related documents are available
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following
office(s):
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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, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD
20910. 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, NMFS 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. 838,
issued on May 17, 1993 (58 FR 29810) 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.), the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part
222), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.),
and fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
Permit no. 838 authorizes the permit holder to capture, tag, and
play back vocalizations to northern fur seals on St. Paul Island,
Alaska during June-August for a period of four years. The permit holder
requests authorization to add tissue sampling during 1996.
Dated: April 22, 1996.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11233 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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