[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41951-41952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20485]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072897C]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of Letters of Confirmation to conduct scientific 
research under the General Authorization.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as 
amended, (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., specifically, 104(c)(3)(C)) and the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216.45) letters of confirmation (LOC) to conduct level B 
harassment of marine mammals in the wild under authority of the General 
Authorization for Scientific Research have been issued. Level B 
harassment, as defined in section 216.3, means any act of pursuit, 
torment, or annoyance which has the potential to disturb a marine 
mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of 
behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to migration, 
breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering but which does not 
have the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in 
the wild. The following letters of confirmation were issued to 
individuals or organizations from January 1, 1996, through June 30, 
1997:
    Dr. Paul H. Forestell, Pacific Whale Foundation, Associate 
Professor and Director, Psychobiology Program, Social Science Division, 
Montauk 222, Long Island University, Southampton, Long Island, NY 11968 
(LOC No. 21);
    Dr. Robert F. Young, Assistant Professor, Marine Science 
Department, Coastal Carolina University, P.O. Box 1954,
    Conway, SC 29526 (LOC No. 22);
    Dr. Andrew J. Read, Assistant Professor, Duke University Marine 
Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516 (LOC No. 23);
    Howard W. Braham, Ph.D., Director, National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, 
BIN C15700, Bldg. 4, Room 2149, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (LOC Nos. 782-
1306, 782-1360, and 782-1352);
    Mr. John J. Burns, Living Resources, Inc., P.O. Box 83570, 
Fairbanks, AK 99708-3570 (LOC No. 25);
    Dr. Andrew J. Read, Assistant Professor, Duke University Marine 
Laboratory, c/o Clearwater Marine Aquarium, 249 Windward Passage, 
Clearwater, FL 34630 (LOC No. 26);
    Mr. Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Center for Whale Research, Inc., 1359 
Smuggler's Cove Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (LOC No. 27);
    Mr. T. David Schofield, Senior Mammalogist/Marine Animal Rescue 
Coordinator, National Aquarium in Baltimore, Pier 3, 501 East Pratt 
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-3194 (LOC No. 28);
    Mr. Shane Guan, Grice Marine Biological Laboratory, University of 
Charleston, 205 Fort Johnson, Charleston, SC 29412 (LOC No. 29);
    Dr. Harold N. Cones, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biology, 
Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Christopher Newport University, 
30 Shoe Lane, Newport News, VA 23606-2998 (LOC No. 30);
    Dr. Bernd Wursig, Director, Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas 
A&M University, 4700 Avenue U/Building 303, Galveston, TX 77551 (LOC 
No. 31);
    Ms. Marilyn Mazzoil, 17630 NW 67th Avenue #1211, Miami, FL 33015 
(LOC No. 32);

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    Mr. Daniel E. Eastman, Proprietor, Adventures West Consulting, 2907 
Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112 (LOC No. 33);
    Dr. W. John Richardson, LGL Ltd., Environmental Research 
Associates, 22 Fisher Street, P.O. Box 280, King City, Ontario L7B 1A6, 
Canada (LOC No. 481-1382);
    Dr. John G. Morris, Department of Biological Sciences,
    Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University Blvd., 
Melbourne, FL 32905 (LOC No. 819-1336);
    Dr. Daniel K. Odell, Sea World, Inc., 7007 Sea World Drive, 
Orlando, FL 32821-8097 (LOC No. 752-1333);
    Dr. Bradford E. Brown, Director, Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center, NMFS, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149 (LOC No. 779-
1334);
    Dr. James T. Harvey, Associate Professor, Moss Landing Marine 
Laboratories, P.O. Box 450, Moss Landing, CA 95039-0450 (LOC No. 555-
1389); and
    Ms. Maddalena Hearzi, 13955 Tahiti Way, # 257, Marina del Ray, CA 
90292 (LOC No. 856-1366).

ADDRESSES: These authorizations and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment, in the Permits Division, 
Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 
East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson (F/PR1), Permits 
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-
2289).

    Dated: July 29, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20485 Filed 8-1-97; 8:45 am]
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