[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36036-36037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17362]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 070196F]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permits (P607 and P614)

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


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ACTION: Receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Cynthia K. Riseling, 12659 16th 
Street, Chino, CA 91710 (P607), and Dr. David R. Young, Oregon State 
University College of Oceanography, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 
Newport, OR 97365-5260 (P614), have applied in due form for a permit to 
take marine mammals for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    (P607 and 614): Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    (P607 and 614): Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001); and
    (P614): Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, 
BIN C15700, Bldg., 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on these 
requests, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West 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 permits are 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).
    Cynthia Riseling (P607) requests authority to sample up to 35 
juvenile California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) annually for 
three years. Animals sampled will be from stranded rehabilitated stocks 
at marine mammal stranding centers in California. Three cultures will 
be taken from the skin, throat, and vaginal/urethral area to study the 
normal bacteria flora of this animal. If fecal samples are available, 
they will be collected. The question the applicant seeks to answer is 
are normal bacterial flora of these animals causing disease in humans?
    David R. Young (P614) requests authority to import from Russia 
blubber, liver, muscle and composited seal blubber oil taken from 
Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica). Samples will be taken from eight 
carcasses which were either beached, stranded, or hunted under Russia's 
legal culling system from areas of Lake Baikal. The researchers seek to 
establish the level of toxic contaminants [PCBs; DDTs; PAHs; Organic 
Mercury; Trace Metals] in indicator tissues of the Baikal seal, and 
also components of the animal's food web.

    Date: July 1, 1996.
Ann Hochman,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17362 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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