Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 12, 1996 / Notices 29741

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 060696D]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Law Enforcement Committee, Monkfish

Committee (with Advisors), and

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish

Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

June 25–27, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Doubletree Inn (at airport), 4101

Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA;

telephone: 1–800–222–TREE.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director;

telephone: 302–674–2331, extension 18.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

25, the Law Enforcement Committee

will meet from 10:00 a.m. until noon.

The Monkfish Committee will meet

from 1:00–5:00 p.m. On June 26, the

Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until

noon, and the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid,

and Butterfish Committee will meet as

a Council Committee of the Whole from

1:00–4:00 p.m. On June 27, the Council

will meet from 8:00 a.m. until

approximately noon.

The purpose of the meetings is to

review NMFS Strategic Plan and

enforcement issues on fishery

management plans (FMP), review

possible management measures for

monkfish, review hearing comments for

Amendment 5 to Atlantic Mackerel,

Squid, and Butterfish FMP and adopt

for Secretarial approval, and adopt

Amendment 6 to Atlantic Mackerel,

Squid, and Butterfish FMP for public

hearings. We will also have a

presentation on the HACCP (Hazard

Analysis Critical Control Point)

Program.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting dates.

Dated: June 7, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–14934 Filed 6–11–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 053096D]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (P613)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Glenn Cota, Center for Coastal Physical

Oceanography, Old Dominion

University, 768 W. 52nd Street, Norfolk,

VA 23529, has applied in due form for

a permit to import marine mammal

specimen materials for purposes of

scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 12, 1996.

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

Northeast Region, NMFS, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2289 (508/281–9250).

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 EastWest 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.

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.

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 applicant requests authority to

import from Canada muscle and/or

adipose tissue taken from Narwhal

(Monodon monoceros), Beluga whale

(Delphinapterus leucas), Bearded seal

(Erignahtus barbatus), and Ringed seal

(Phoca sibirica). Samples will weigh

approximately 100–300g each. The

objective of the study is to determine

the abundance, distribution, and

identity of select radionuclides in

biogenic particulate matter,

zooplankton, and a variety of

invertebrates, fishes, and mammals from

arctic marine planktonic food weds, and

provide data from key regions not

currently samples which presumably

represent high and low levels of

contamination.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–14932 Filed 6–11–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 052896B]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 838

(P535)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Scientific research permit

modification.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit no. 838 submitted by

Stephen Insley, Smithsonian Institution,

National Zoological Park, Dept.

Zoological Research, Washington, DC

20008, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/568–7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3,

1996, notice was published in the

Federal Register (61 FR 19907) that a

modification of permit no. 838, issued

March 23, 1995 (60 FR 16116), had been

requested by the above-named

individual. The requested modification

has been granted under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), the provisions of paragraphs (d)

and (e) of § 216.33 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16