[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8929-8930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4872]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021997F]


Marine Mammals; Permits No. 1019 (P619) and 838 (P535)

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

ACTION: Receipt of applications for amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the following permittees have 
requested an amendment: Dr. Catherine Schaeff, Department of Biology, 
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20016, permit No. 1019; and Dr. Stephen J. Insley, National Zoological 
Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20008, permit No. 838.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 31, 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);
    (P619) - Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 
Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432;
    (P535) - Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request should

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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 these particular amendment requests would be 
appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the applications to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The amendments to permit no. 1019, issued on 
November 11, 1996 (61 FR 55134) and permit no. 835, as amended, June 3, 
1996 (61 FR 29741) are 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), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 
et seq.).
    Permit no. 1019 authorizes the permit holder to import gray whale 
samples from Canada and Mexico. The permit holder requests 
authorization to import Southern right whale samples from South 
America, South Africa and Australia for genetic analyses.
    Permit no. 838 authorizes the permit holder to mark and tag up to 
100 fur seals, tissue sample up to 60 adult males and 20 mothers and 20 
offspring, and to inadvertently harass up to 150 fur seals over a 4-
year period. The Holder requests authorization to: Sample an additional 
40 male seals; inadvertently harass an additional 100 seals during 
vocal playback experiments; and extend the permit through December 31, 
1997.

    Dated: February 21, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-4872 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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