[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35568-35569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17392]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062498D]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 926

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Robin W. Baird, Dalhousie 
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada, has requested an 
amendment to scientific research Permit No. 959.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 30, 1998.

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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 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 
(206/526-6150);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 
(562/980-4001).
    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, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.

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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The Permit Holder is currently authorized to (1) radio tag via 
suction cup attachment up to 50 killer whales (Orcinus orca) and up to 
100 Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) annually in the waters of 
Washington, Southeast Alaska, Oregon, and California over a 5-year 
period.
    The Holder is now requesting that the Permit be amended to 
authorize the suction-cup TDR/VHF tagging of the following additional 
species of cetaceans: Baird's beaked whales (Berardius bairdii), 
Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), sperm whales (Physeter 
macrocephalus), northern right whale dolphins (Lissodelphis borealis), 
Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), Risso's 
dolphins (Grampus griseus), short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala 
macrorhynchus), false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), minke 
whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and gray whales (Eschrichtius 
robustus).
    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.

    Dated: June 24, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-17392 Filed 6-29-98; 8:45 am]
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