30428 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 6, 2001 / Notices

Level B Harassment of non-listed

marine mammals for photographic

purposes.

The applicant proposes to film up to

200 bottlenose dolphins feeding on the

mud banks of Hilton Head, South

Carolina for Sir David Attenborough’s

series, The Life of Mammals, which will

air on the BBC in the United Kingdom

and on The Discovery Channel in the

United States. Filming will take place

for approximately 17 days during the

month of October, 2001.

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial

determination has been made that the

activity proposed is categorically

excluded from the requirement to

prepare an environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, F/PR1,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

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.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at (301) 713–0376, provided

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email or by other electronic media.

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 31, 2001.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–14281 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 053001C]

Marine Mammals; File No. 774– 1634–

00

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA 92038

(Principal Investigator: Dr. Karin A.

Forney) has applied in due form for a

permit to take, primarily, the eastern

and southern ‘Whitebelly’ stocks of

spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris

orientalis) and the northeastern offshore

and coastal stocks of pantropical spotted

dolphin (Stenella attenuata graffmani).

Additional species that may be

encircled and sampled include: shortbeaked common dolphin (Delphinus

delphis), long-beaked common dolphin

(Delphinus capensis), spotted dolphin

(Stenella attenuata), southern/western

stock spinner dolphin (Stenella

longirostris centroamericana), Central

American stock striped dolphin

(Stenella coeruleoalba), Fraser’s dolphin

(Lagenodelphis hosei), Pacific whitesided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus

obliquidens), bottlenose dolphin

(Tursiops truncatus), rough-toothed

dolphin (Steno bredanensis), Risso’s

dolphin (Grampus griseus), pilot whale

(Globicephala spp.), and melon-headed

whale (Peponocephala electra), for

purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before July 6,

2001.

ADDRESSES: The application,

accompanying Environmental

Assessment, and other related

documents are available for review by

written request, by downloading from

the internet, 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; phone (301)

713-2289; fax (301) 713–0376, or the

Permits Division’s web page, (http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot—res/

overview/permits.html); and

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001;

fax (562) 980–4018, or the Center’s web

page (http://swfsc.ucsd.edu).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth Johnson or Tammy Adams, Ph.D.,

(301) 713–2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit is requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216).

The applicant proposes to take the

above mentioned species in a research

project that covers the ‘‘experiment

involving the repeated chasing and

capturing of dolphins by means of

intentional encirclement’’, as mandated

in the 1997 International Dolphin

Conservation Program Act (IDCPA)

(MMPA, Sec. 304 (a)(3)(C)) as one

component of stress studies on dolphins

involved in the eastern tropical Pacific

tuna purse seine fishery. The objective

of the experiment, as outlined in the

law, is to ‘‘evaluate whether the

intentional deployment on, or

encirclement of, dolphins by purseseine nets is having a significant adverse

impact on any depleted dolphin stock.’’

The requested studies will include

several complementary research projects

that address different ways in which

chase and capture stress may manifest

itself in individual dolphins involved in

tuna purse seine operations. The

number of animals and research

techniques that will be used for

evaluating stress are outlined in the

following table:

BROKEN DOWN BY COMBINATION OF TAKE TYPES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL

TOTAL Not handled Restrained

in water

Handled in raft and examined

Set Only Biopsy

(Adult) Skin

Swab

(Calf)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only) (Adults only)

Number of dolphins: 24,000 21360 1800 300 20 5 15 50 445 5

Set-related takes

Chase X x x

Helicopter overflight x x x

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BROKEN DOWN BY COMBINATION OF TAKE TYPES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL—Continued

TOTAL Not handled Restrained

in water

Handled in raft and examined

Set Only Biopsy

(Adult) Skin

Swab

(Calf)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only)

(Adults

only) (Adults only)

Encirclement x x x

Photographed x x xxxxxx x

Biopsy x

Calf skin swab x

Handling-related takes

Blood sample xxxxx x

Saddle Package - Radio tag x

Saddle Package - Satellite tag x ..............................

Saddle Package - Thermal tag x

Roto-Radio Tag ........... x

Roto Tag x

Suction Cup Package - Thermal x

Core temperature probe x x x

Skin sample xxxxx x

Ultrasound xxxxx x

EKG xxxxx x

Accidental mortality 40 inclusive of all species1

1This dolphin mortality will be part of the IATTC Director’s Reserve under the annual Dolphin Mortality Limits (DMLs) set for the fishery. It will

replace any mortality that the chartered fishing vessel would have caused if it had been engaged in normal fishing operations.

Scientific research permits are

generally categorically excluded from

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (NEPA)

requirements to prepare an EA or EIS;

however, because of the impacts to the

species involved and the intense public

interest in this project, NMFS, in

compliance with NEPA, has determined

that an environmental assessment (EA)

is warranted. The draft EA is a

companion document to the scientific

research permit application and is

available for review simultaneously.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, F/PR1,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

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.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at (301) 713–0376, provided

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email or by other electronic media.

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.

May 31, 2001.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–14282 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Pakistan

June 1, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, refer to the Office of Textiles

and Apparel website at http://

www.otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The current limits are being adjusted

for carryover and the recrediting of

unused carryforward applied in

agreement year 2000.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 65 FR 82328,

published on December 28, 2000). Also

see 64 FR 66972, published on

November 8, 2000.

J. Hayden Boyd,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 1, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on November 2, 2000, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton and manmade fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Pakistan and exported

during the twelve-month period which began