[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 72630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD527


Marine Mammals; File No.18727; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application; Correction.

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SUMMARY: On October 30, 2014, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register announcing that the University of Alaska Museum of the North, 
907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 (Aren Gunderson, Responsible 
Party), had applied in due form for a permit to collect, import and 
export specimens of marine mammals for scientific research. That 
document inadvertently provided incorrect requested take numbers. This 
document corrects that oversight.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or 
before January 7, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Hurley or Jennifer Skidmore, 
(301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice for File No. 18727 (79 FR 64571; 
October 30, 2014) contained incorrect take numbers associated with the 
collection, receipt, import, and export of samples under the proposed 
action. Accordingly, the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section is corrected 
to read as follows:
    The subject permit is requested under the authority of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361, et 
seq.), the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine 
mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), the regulations governing the 
taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species 
(50 CFR 222-226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
1151, et seq.).
    File No. 18727: The University of Alaska Museum of the North 
functions as an archive for scientific specimens of marine mammals 
under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries and is a major 
repository of marine mammal material from the Arctic and North Pacific 
oceans. Under the proposed permit, the applicant would (1) import/
export marine mammal parts (bones and organ tissue samples) from dead 
beach-cast carcasses, (2) receive/archive and export samples of marine 
mammals taken by Alaskan Native subsistence hunters, and (3) receive, 
import/export specimens from scientists in academic, federal, and state 
institutions involved in marine mammal research under their own 
permits. Unlimited samples from up to 2000 pinnipeds (excluding walrus) 
and 600 cetaceans would be collected, received, imported, or exported 
annually. Import/export activities would occur world-wide. No live 
animals would be harassed or taken, lethally or otherwise, under the 
requested permit. The permit is requested for a five-year period.
    All other information contained in the document is unchanged.

    Dated: December 2, 2014.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-28637 Filed 12-5-14; 8:45 am]
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