[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6665]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030695B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 770 (P66G).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, P.O. Box 25526, Juneau, Alaska 
99802-5526, has requested a modification to permit no. 770.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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); and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/
586-7221).
    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, NMFS, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days of the publication of this notice. 
Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific 
reasons why a hearing on this particular modification request would be 
appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this 
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to permit no. 770, 
issued on March 20, 1992 (57 FR 10649), is requested under 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).
    Permit no. 770 authorizes the permit holder to conduct scientific 
research on 200 harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and 100 spotted seals 
(Phoca largha) over a 4-year period. The research includes capture, 
restraint, sampling, flipper tagging, and attaching satellite-linked 
platform transmitter terminals (PTTs) and/or VHF telemetry. The permit 
also authorizes the unintentional killing of up to 10 harbor seals and 
5 spotted seals and the inadvertent harassment of up to 500 of each 
species.
    The holder requests a further modification to this permit to take 
harbor seals in the following manner: (1) An additional 100 by capture, 
restraint, immobilization, sampling, and flipper tagging, and an 
additional 100 by unintentional harassment while conducting authorized 
activities; (2) obtain muscle biopsies from up to 50, inject deuterium 
oxide in up to 50, and inject Evans Blue solution in up to 50; (3) 
export samples from harbor seals and spotted seals specifically to 
Canada and The Netherlands and also on a worldwide basis as the need 
arises.

    Dated: March 13, 1995.
Art Jeffers,
Acting Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6665 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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