[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13196]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.052295A]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit 
(P557E).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Acoustic 
Thermometry of Ocean Climate Program, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 
92093-0225, has applied in due form for a permit to take several 
species of marine mammals and sea turtles for purposes of scientific 
research. The subject application supersedes a previous application 
published at 58 FR 60426, then modified and re-published at 59 FR 7983, 
and a subsequent revision to that application which was never 
published, both of which have been withdrawn.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application 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
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, 
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (301/980-4016).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should 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 this particular request would be 
appropriate.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit 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 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 part 222).
    The permit application requests authorization to harass marine 
mammals and sea turtles by a low frequency sound source (peak frequency 
75 Hz, 35 Hz bandwidth; 195 dB level (re 1 <greek-m>Pa at 1 m)) which 
would be located approximately 14 km north of Kauai, at a depth of 850 
m. The proposed research would be conducted over a 2-year period.
    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: May 23, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13196 Filed 5-30-95; 9:22 am]
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