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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio n

          - RIN 0648-XS41

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

 Notice; issuance of permit amendment.

# SUMMARY:

 Notice is hereby given that Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz, Long Marine Laboratory, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA has been issued a major amendment to Permit No. 87-1851-02.

# ADDRESSES:

 The permit amendment and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562)980-4001; fax (562)980-4018.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

 Amy Sloan or Tammy Adams, Ph.D., (301)713-2289.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    On July 8, 2010, notice was published in the                     **Federal Register**                     (75 FR 39206) that a request for an amendment to Permit No. 87-1851-02 to conduct research on Weddell seals (                    *Leptonychotes weddellii*) had been submitted by the above-named applicant. The requested permit amendment has been issued 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).                

Permit No. 87-1851-03 authorizes the permit holder to conduct a metabolic study on eight of 40 Weddell seals authorized for capture, tagging, and sampling in the Ross Sea. Permit No. 87-1851-03 expires on January 31, 2012.

                    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321*et seq.*), a final determination has been made that the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.                

Dated: September 7, 2010.

P. Michael Payne,

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2010-22895 Filed 9-13-10; 8:45 am]

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