[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21393]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 073198A]
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 939
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 the Point Reyes Bird Observatory,
4990 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, CA 94970-9701, has requested an
amendment to scientific research Permit No. 939.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 10,
1998.
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 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 501 West ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (562/980-4001).
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, National Marine Fisheries Service,
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.
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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The Permit Holder is currently authorized to flipper tag and/or
mark up to 2,900 Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) on
the South Farallon Islands and at Point Reyes National Seashore
annually, over a five-year period; and inadvertently harass up to 100
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), 1,200 California sea lions (Zalophus
californianus) and 70 northern sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) during
the tagging activities, and during opportunistic collection of dead
prematurely born northern sea lion pups.
The Holder is now requesting that the Permit be amended to
authorize: Roto-tagging of up to 50 harbor seals at Point Reyes
Headland, California; dye marking of up to 100 harbor seals per year in
San Francisco Bay; and blood sampling of up to 25 harbor seals per year
at those locations. Authorization is also requested to inadvertently
harass up to 500 harbor seals per year during the tagging, marking, and
blood sampling activities.
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.
Dated: August 3, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-21393 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
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