[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18725]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071197B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (0225),
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0225, has requested an
adjustment to the expiration date of Permit No. 970.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 15, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The amendment 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).
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, 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
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 amendment 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 222.23).
Permit No. 970 authorizes the harassment of individuals of several
species of cetaceans during the course of acoustic studies off the
north shore of Kauai, HI through September 30, 1997. Research has not
yet begun, and the Holder is requesting that the expiration date of the
permit be adjusted to compensate for the approximately two year delay
in the start of the research program. Comments are requested only on
the issue of adjusting the expiration date of the permit to compensate
for the approximately 2-year delay in the start of the research
program.
Dated: July 10, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-18725 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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