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restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to the

Council office (see ADDRESSES) by

September 26, 1997.

Dated: September 10, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 082797D]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 837 (P77–

1#67)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for amendment of scientific

research permit no. 837 submitted by

The National Marine Mammal

Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science

Center, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point

Way NE., BIN C15700, Seattle,

Washington 98115, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

15, 1997, notice was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 37885) that an

amendment of permit no. 837, issued

June 4, 1993 (58 FR 33085), had been

requested by the above-named

organization. The original permit

authorized studies on northern fur seals

(Callorhinus ursinus) over a five-year

period on rookeries in the Bering Sea

and eastern North Pacific Ocean. The

requested amendment has been granted

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of § 216.39 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), and

the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).

The permit was amended to authorize

the following increased takings of

northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus):

1) extend shear marking activities

authorized in sections A.1 and A.2 to

Bogoslof Island; 2) blood sampling of up

to 40 pups of the 300 pups authorized

in A.3 to be captured and tagged on San

Miguel; 3) tissue sampling (i.e., hair,

skin, blubber, muscle and liver) of up to

120 already deceased juvenile male

seals (60 on St. Paul, 60 on St. George);

and 4) capture and recapture of up to 20

adult female seals on Bogoslof Island to

study foraging behavior. Each seal will

be instrumented with a satellite tag and/

or time-depth recorder and VHF

transmitter via 5–minute epoxy glue;

flipper tagged, weighed, measured, and

released. At recapture, the instruments

will be removed and the animals will be

weighed, measured, administered an

enema and released. Some of these seals

may be sedated with Valium. At each

capture, the seal will be given an

intramuscular injection of oxytocin and

milk sampled. Up to 2,000 pups and

2,000 non-pups may be incidentally

harassed during the course of these

activities.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 090997B]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 970

(P557E)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for amendment of scientific

research permit no. 970 submitted by

Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean

Climate Project, Institute for Geophysics

and Planetary Physics, 9500 Gilman

Drive, La Jolla, California 92093–02252,

has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA

90802–4213 (310/980–4001); and

Protected Species Program Manager,

Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 2570 Dole

Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822–

2396 (808/973–2987).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

requested amendment has been granted

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of § 216.39 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

and the provisions of § 222.25 of the

regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222.23).

This amendment incorporates into

Permit No. 970 refinements to the

research protocol, as provided for by

Special Condition A.8. of Permit 970.

Issuance of this amendment, as

required by the ESA was based on a

finding that such permit: (1) Was

applied for in good faith; (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which is the subject

of this permit; and (3) is consistent with

the purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 082897F]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 917 (File

No. P774#2)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.