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protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 355.34(d). Timely written

notification of return destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

These administrative reviews and

notice are in accordance with section

751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 355.22.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Whale Conservation Institute, 191

Weston Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts

01773, has requested an amendment to

Permit No. 1004.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before October 16, 1997.

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 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281–9250).

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, 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 amendment 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.), and

the regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222.23).

Permit No. 1004 authorizes the

importation of biopsy tissue samples

taken from several species of cetaceans

in South America, through June 30,

1998. The Holder is now requesting

that: 1) the expiration date of the permit

be extended from June 30, 1998 to

November 30, 1998; 2) the number of

imported southern right whale

(Eubalaena australis) tissue samples

taken at Peninsula Valdez, Argentina be

increased from 20 to 340; and 3) these

‘‘tissues samples’’ taken from southern

right whales include baleen, blood and

bone, skin/blubber and organ tissues

(from dead/stranded whales), and

sloughed skin (from live free-ranging

whales). Amendment of the permit to

allow for this adjustment is considered

administrative in nature and is therefore

planned to take place upon close of the

public comment period.

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research

permit no. 875–1401.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Christopher W. Clark, Laboratory of

Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca,

New York 14850, has been issued a

permit to ‘‘take’’ blue whales

(Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whales

(B. physalus) for purposes of scientific

research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July

17, 1997, notice was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 10259) that the

above-named applicant had submitted a

request for a scientific research permit

to ‘‘take’’ (i.e., harass) blue whales

(Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whales

(B. physalus) in order to study the

effects on these species of lowfrequency sound produced by the

Navy’s Surface Towed Array

Surveillance System Low Frequency

Active (SURTASS LFA) system. The

research will be conducted in the

Southern California Bight during

September/October of 1997 and/or 1998.

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.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

Part 216); the Endangered Species Act

(ESA) 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

(16 U.S.C. 1151–1175). Issuance of this

permit, 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 10, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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