[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-16264]
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[Federal Register: July 5, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062994B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 765 (P70E).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. William Watkins, has requested
a modification to permit No. 765.
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
Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
(508/281-9328).
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. 765,
issued on February 25, 1992 (57 FR 7735) 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 parts 217-222)
Permit No. 765, as amended on March 17, 1994, authorizes the permit
holder to: Tag up to five sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) with HF
sonic and/or satellite tags (some may be double tagged); inadvertently
harass up to 20 during tagging operations; and during various levels of
sound playback experiments on tagged whales, inadvertently harass up to
60 additional sperm whales up to 10 times per day.
The permit holder requests authorization to: Add fin whales
(Balaenoptera physalus) and sei whales (B. borealis) to the take
authority for tagging. The same tag type and technique will be used to
tag fin and sei whales that is authorized for tagging sperm whales. No
additional numbers are requested, i.e., no more than five whales total
will be tagged each year. Activities this field season will occur in
international waters within 300 miles of the west coast of Iceland.
Dated: June 29, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16264 Filed 6-30-94; 12:10 pm]
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