[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7905]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030695E]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification to permit no. 835 (P250D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Washington Department of 
Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute, 7801 Phillips Road, SW., Tacoma, WA 
98498; the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., BIN C15700 - Building 1, Seattle, 
WA 98115-0070; and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine 
Region, Marine Science Drive, Building 3, Newport, OR 97365, have been 
granted a modification to permit no. 835.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).
    The permit issued to the Washington Department of Wildlife, the 
National Marine Mammal Laboratory, and the Oregon Department of Fish 
and Wildlife has been modified three times. The National Marine 
Fisheries Service determined that a public comment period was not 
necessary because no procedure resulted in additional takes being 
requested and the risk to the animals involved was not expected to 
increase.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to permit no. 835, 
issued on April 27, 1993 (58 FR 26288), is requested under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 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).
    Permit No. 835 authorizes the permit holder for the inadvertent 
harassment of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), California sea lions 
(Zalophus californianus), Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), and 
elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) incidental to the conduct of 
aerial, ground, and boat surveys. The holders are also authorized to 
capture, mark, tag, brand, and sample harbor seals.
    The permit holders have been granted the following modifications to 
their permit: (a) The permit holders are authorized to use a gas 
anesthetic on California sea lions during blood drawing and instrument 
attachment; (b) to correct an unintentional omission from the original 
permit, the permit holders are now authorized to take 50 northern 
elephant seals annually for capture and tagging in Oregon and 
Washington; (c) the permit holders are authorized to lavage up to 100 
harbor seals captured under the original permit.

    Dated: March 24, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-7905 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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