Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 1995 / Notices 19025

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 032795B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an

application for a scientific research

permit (P509B), and issuance of

modification 1 to permit 878 (P553).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Carlos Diez and Robert van Dam

(P509B) have applied in due form for a

permit to take 200 listed hawksbill and

20 listed green sea turtles (Eretmochelys

imbricata and Chelonia mydas) for the

purpose of scientific research, and on

March 15, 1995, a modification request

to Permit 878 was received from the

Florida Department of Environmental

Protection (P553) to tag listed sea

turtles.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before May 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Documents submitted in

connection with the above application

and permit modification are available

for review by interested persons in the

following offices by appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910–3226 (301–713–1401); and

Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA,

9721 Executive Center Drive, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702–2432 (813-893-

3141).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this application

should be submitted to the Chief,

Endangered Species Division, Office of

Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Application 509B requests a permit

under the authority of the Endangered

Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C.

1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations

governing listed fish and wildlife

permits (50 CFR parts 217-227). The

applicant proposes to capture turtles by

hand, to be examined, photographed,

measured, tagged. Some of these turtles

may be lavaged, have blood samples

taken, or have satellite telemeters

attached.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set out

the specific reasons why a hearing on

this particular application would be

appropriate. The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in this application summary

are those of the Applicant and do not

necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

Notice is hereby also given that on

March 31, 1995, as authorized by the

provisions of the ESA, NMFS issued

Modification 1 to Permit Number 878 to

tag listed sea turtles subject to certain

conditions set forth therein. Issuance of

this modification, as required by the

ESA, was based on a finding that such

modification: (1) Was applied for in

good faith; (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the listed species which

are the subject of the permit; (3) is

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. This modification was also issued

in accordance with and is subject to

parts 217-222 of Title 50 CFR, the NMFS

regulations governing listed species

permits.

April 10, 1995.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9270 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 041095C]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene a

public meeting of its Reef Fish and Red

Snapper Advisory Panels (AP) on May

1, 1995, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and

May 2, 1995, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The APs will meet jointly to review

Draft Amendment 11 to the Reef Fish

Fishery Management Plan (FMP).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 7700

Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa,

FL 33607; telephone: (813) 281–8900.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven M. Atran, Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council, 5401 West

Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa,

Florida 33609; telephone: 813–228–

2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issues that

will be addressed in the FMP include:

Proposed modifications of the

framework procedure for specifying

total allowable catch including changes

in procedures, the definition of

optimum yield, and the criteria for

specifying the length of a stock recovery

program for overfished reef fish species;

permitting issues including dealer and

vessel permit conditions, transferability

of vessel permits and fish trap

endorsements, implementation of a new

vessel permit moratorium for the

fishery, and permits for charter and

head boats; allowing hook-and-line

harvest of reef fish by shrimp vessels;

enforcement issues including

definitions of bait and of fish for

personal consumption that are exempt

from the head and tails attached

requirement, dealer transport

requirements during transfer from vessel

to fish house, and allowance of

recreational bag limits of red snapper on

commercial vessels during commercial

closures; changes to amberjack size and

bag limits and a commercial seasonal

amberjack closure; changes to gag/black

grouper and red snapper size limits; an

aggregate recreational bag limit for reef

fish. A copy of the agenda can be

obtained by calling 813–228–2815.

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Julie Krebs at the

above address by April 24, 1995.

Dated: April 10, 1995.

Alfred J. Bilik,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9269 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 040595B]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Request to export a

nonreleasable beached and stranded

marine mammal (P584).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Fort MacArthur Marine Mammal

Care Center has requested authorization

to export for public display purposes

one nonreleasable beached and stranded

Northern elephant seal from its

rehabilitation facility in San Pedro, CA,

to Mundo Aquatico, at Zoomarine, in

Albufeira, Portugal.

ADDRESSES: The request for

authorization and related documents are

available for review upon written

request from the Chief, Permits

Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1335 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3226 (301/713–2289).
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Relevant written comments about this

request should be submitted to the

above address by May 15, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort

MacArthur Marine Mammal Care Center

and Mundo Aquatico are requesting

authorization for the export of one

nonreleasable rehabilitated female

Northern elephant seal (Mirounga

angustirostris) for the purpose of public

display under the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

The subject marine mammal, stranded

in Santa Monica, CA, has been under

rehabilitation for suspected head trauma

since April 1, 1994. A determination of

unreleasability was made by the

attending veterinarian and submitted to

the NMFS Southwest Region on January

25, 1995. NMFS concurs with this

determination.

The permanent retention or export for

public display purposes of a beached or

stranded marine mammal taken for the

purpose of rehabilitation under § 109(h)

of the MMPA must be authorized by

NMFS. Under the MMPA 1994

amendments, in order to obtain any

marine mammal for public display

purposes, the recipient must: (1) Offer a

program for education or conservation

purposes that is based on professionally

recognized standards of the public

display community; (2) be registered or

hold a license issued under 7 U.S.C.

2131 et seq., i.e., from the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture

(or, for foreign facilities, meet

comparable standards); and (3) maintain

facilities for the public display of

marine mammals that are open to the

public on a regularly scheduled basis

and to which access is not limited or

restricted other than by charging of an

admission fee.

In this regard, the required

certifications and statements provided

by Mundo Aquatico and the Portuguese

Government have been submitted to

NMFS and APHIS, and have been found

appropriate and sufficient to allow

consideration of the request.

Dated: April 10, 1995.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9234 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 032495D]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Modification no. 1 to scientific

research permit no. 887 (P79H).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit no. 887, submitted by

the Institute of Marine Sciences,

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

95064 (principal investigator: Dr.

Ronald J. Schusterman), has been

granted.

ADDRESSES: The permit, as modified,

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

Director, Southwest Region, NMFS,

501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200,

Long Beach, CA 90802–4213 (310/980–

4015).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 25, 1995, notice was published

in the Federal Register (60 FR 4891)

that a modification of permit no. 887,

issued March 16, 1994 (59 FR 12266),

had been requested by the above-named

organization. The modification was

granted 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).

The permittee is authorized to retain

one beached/stranded rehabilitated

elephant seal obtained from Sea World

(identified as SWC-MA–94–30B).

Experiments to measure the seals’ visual

sensitivity to white light will be

conducted.

Dated: April 10, 1995.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9271 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

procurement list.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: May 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and services

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodities and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information.

The following commodities and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Disk, Flexible

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