12010 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2012 / Notices 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone (206) 

526–6150; fax (206) 526–6426; 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907) 586–7221; fax (907) 586–7249; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001; 

fax (562) 980–4018. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4703 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB011 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of revision of a public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) AdHoc Atlantic Sturgeon Committee will 

hold a meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 19, 2012, from 10 a.m. until 4 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport, 

7032 Elm Road, Baltimore, MD 21240; 

telephone: (410) 859–3300. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original notice published in the Federal 

Register on February 17, 2012 (77 FR 

9628). The date of the meeting changed 

from March 6, 2012 to March 19, 2012. 

All other previously published 

information remains unchanged. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5251 at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 23, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4642 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB040 

Marine Mammals; File Nos. 1076–1789 

and 14502 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks 

and Aquariums (The Alliance), 2850 

Ranch Reserve Lane, Westminster, 

Colorado 80234 (Kristi West, Ph.D., 

Principal Investigator) and Russell 

Fielding, Ph.D., Department of 

Geography, University of Denver, 2050 

E. Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208, have 

been issued minor amendments to 

Scientific Research Permit Nos. 1076– 

1789 and 14502. 

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone (206) 

526–6150; fax (206) 526–6426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore, Amy Sloan or Kristy 

Beard, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

requested amendments have been 

granted 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). 

Permit No. 1076–1789: This permit, 

issued on March 13, 2007 (72 FR 

13092), authorized the receipt, import 

and export of marine mammal 

specimens (cetaceans and pinnipeds, 

except for walrus) under the jurisdiction 

of NMFS to study and document the 

health and biology of wild marine 

mammals as well as those marine 

mammals maintained in public display, 

research, or stranding facilities or from 

samples taken during other permitted 

research through February 29, 2012. 

This minor amendment (No. 1076– 

1789–01) extends the duration of the 

permit through February 28, 2013, but 

does not change any other terms or 

conditions of the permit. 

Permit No. 14502: This permit, issued 

on June 17, 2011 (72 FR 13092), 

authorized the importation of samples 

from Risso’s (Grampus griseus), spinner 

(Stenella longirostris), and spotted (S. 

frontalis) dolphins and short-finned 

pilot whales (Globicephala 

macrorhynchus) for the purpose of 

scientific research through June 17, 

2012. This minor amendment (No. 

14502–01) extends the duration of the 

permit through June 17, 2013, but does 

not change any other terms or 

conditions of the permit. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4700 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA950 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Navy Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation 

Activities at the Naval Surface Warfare 

Center Panama City Division 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received an 

application from the U.S. Navy (Navy) 

for an Incidental Harassment 

Authorization (IHA) to take marine 

mammals, by harassment, incidental to 


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