[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48888-48889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23768]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 083096A]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P617)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; and Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS), Interior.
ACTION: Receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Madonna L. Moss, 1218
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-
1218, has applied in due form for a permit to take marine mammals for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by appointment (see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for locations).
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 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 permit 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) and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
The applicant requests a permit to salvage carcasses to be
processed to obtain osteological specimens (bones and teeth) for the
comparative collection of animal bones in the Department of
Antropology. Samples from the following species will be obtained from
beached/ stranded animals or carcasses left behind by Native Alaskan
subsistence hunters: Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Dall's
porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Guadelupe
fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi), Northern fur seal (Callorhinus
ursinus), Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), California sea lion
(Zalophus californianus), Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), Northern
elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), Ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata),
Ringed seal (Phoca hispida), Larga (spotted) seal (Phoca largha),
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and Sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Specimens
will be salvaged from carcasses in the Alexander Archipelago of
southeast Alaska, Nunivak Island, Alaska, the coast of Oregon, and the
California Channel Islands. The application and related documents may
be reviewed at the following locations:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
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Director, NMFS, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221);
Director, NMFS, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and
Director, NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority,
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 432, Arlington, VA 22203 (1-800/358-2104).
Dated: September 9, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: September 9, 1996.
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-23768 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am]
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