[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2523]


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[Federal Register: February 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of Application for a Scientific Research Permit 
(P112G).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the New York Zoological Society, 
Wildlife Conservation Society, 185th and Southern Blvd., Bronx, New 
York 10460 (William B. Karesh, DVM, Principal Investigator) has applied 
in due form for a permit to import from Peru and Argentina tissue 
samples taken opportunistically from South American fur seals 
(Arctocephalus australis), South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) 
and South American elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) for purposes of 
scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 7, 1994.

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 
(508/281-9200).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request should be submitted to the Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice. 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, the Secretary of Commerce 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).
    Blood, tissue and fecal samples are requested to be imported from 
Argentina and Peru. The samples will be used to establish the current 
level of infectious disease exposure, toxic agent exposure, nutritional 
status, and normal health parameters to determine the baseline status 
of the free-ranging seals and sea lions. All sampling is being 
opportunistically added to ongoing work being conducted under Peruvian 
or Argentine authority. Formalin fixed tissues will only be collected 
from animals found dead at the study sites or brought in dead by local 
fisherman.

    Dated: January 27, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-2523 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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