[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22523]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082796D]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1012 (P616)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. David R. Young, Professor,
Oregon State University, College of Oceanography, Hatfield Marine
Science Center, Newport, Oregon 97365-5260, has been issued a permit to
import Baikal seal specimens for scientific purposes.
ADDRESSES: The permit 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);
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 9, 1996, notice was published in the
Federal Register (61 FR 36036) that a request for a scientific research
permit to import Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) samples from Russia had
been submitted by the above-named individual. The requested permit has
been issued 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).
Dated: August 27, 1996.
William Windom,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-22523 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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