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mitigation, monitoring and reporting

requirements are carried out. NMFS has

preliminarily determined that the

proposed activities would result in the

harassment of only small numbers of

ringed and bearded seals, will have a

negligible impact on these marine

mammal stocks; and will not have an

unmitigable adverse impact on the

availability of these stocks for

subsistence uses.

Information Solicited

NMFS requests interested persons to

submit comments, information, and

suggestions concerning this request (see

ADDRESSES).

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Art Jeffers,

Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 100400B]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Catch-Monitoring

Standards Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: NMFS will present a

workshop on proposed catchmonitoring standards for shoreside

processors that take deliveries of

pollock from the Bering Sea.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

Thursday, November 16, 2000, from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the Nordby Center, located in

Fishermen’s Terminal, 1711 West

Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan Kinsolving, 907–586–7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is

developing a proposed rule to

implement the American Fisheries Act

(AFA). One aspect of this rulemaking is

the development of catch monitoring

standards for inshore processors that

receive deliveries of pollock harvested

in the directed fishery for pollock in

Bering Sea. As currently envisioned by

NMFS, these standards would require

that the AFA shoreside processors

develop and implement a Catch

Monitoring and Control Plan (Plan). The

Plan would address performance

standards designed to ensure that all

catch delivered to the processor is

accurately weighed and accounted for.

NMFS is conducting the November

16, 2000, workshop for interested

industry members to provide guidance

on the development and

implementation of these performance

standards.

Special Accommodations

This workshop is physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Alan Kinsolving at

907–586–7228 at least 7 working days

prior to the workshop.

Dated: October 5, 2000.

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

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Marine Mammals; File No. 555-1565

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

James T. Harvey (Principal Investigator,

PI), Moss Landing Marine Laboratories,

P.O. Box 450, Moss Landing CA 95039

has been issued a permit to take Pacific

harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-

2289);

Regional Administrator, Northwest

Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN

C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070,(206/

526-6150);

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite

4200, Long Beach, California 90802-

4213,(562/980-4001).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Simona Roberts or Ruth Johnson, 301/

713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6,

2000, notice was published in the

Federal Register (65 FR 35903) that a

request for a scientific research permit

to take Pacific harbor seals had been

submitted by the above-named

individual. 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.) and

the Regulations Governing the Taking

and Importing of Marine Mammals (50

CFR part 216).

The applicant is authorized to

capture, handle and tag 1,600 Pacific

harbor seals per year of all age and sex

classes near haul-out sites throughout

California, Oregon and Washington.

Captured seals will be subject to all or

some of the following activities: blood

and tissue sampling, flipper tagging, PIT

tagging, branding, lavaging, and video

camera attachment. Acoustic playback

experiments and scat collection are also

authorized around the haul-out sites. In

addition, the applicant is authorized to

surgically implant radio tags in 15

captive, rehabilitated Pacific harbor

seals and to conduct feeding studies on

12 captive, rehabilitated Pacific harbor

seals.

Dated: October 5, 2000.

Ann Terbush,

Permit and Documentation Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Marine Mammals; File No. 990-1603

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that,

Lizabeth Bowen, John Muir Institute of

the Environment, University of

California, Davis, CA 95616, has applied

in due form for a permit to import blood

samples for purposes of scientific

research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before November

13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):