[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3346]


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[Federal Register: February 14, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 020794D]

 

Marine Mammals; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify Permit No. 867 (P540).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Frank Cipriano, Kewalo Marine 
Laboratory, 13 Ahui Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, has requested a 
modification to Permit No. 867.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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);
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015);
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., BIN C15700, 
Seattle, WA 98115;
    Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 13668, Juneau, AK 
99802 (907/586-7221);
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 9540 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33702 
(813/893-3141); 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 Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, 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 modification 
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 modification to Permit No. 867, 
issued on July 20, 1993 (58 FR 40114) is requested under the authority 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the 
taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 
CFR parts 217-222).
    Permit No. 867 authorizes the Permit Holder to import samples from 
dusky dolphin L. obscurus and Pacific white-sided dolphin L. 
obliquidens, samples from each of white-beaked dolphin L. albirostris, 
Atlantic white-sided dolphin L. acutus, hourglass dolphin L. cruciger, 
and Peale's dolphin L. australis. The samples would be obtained 
opportunistically, from existing collections and museums, captive 
dolphins, Permitted researchers, and/or imported from Peru, Chile, 
Argentina, New Zealand, and South Africa.
    The Holder requests authorization to include an additional 54 
odontocete species in his research. A small quantity (5 grams) of skin, 
heart, muscle or liver tissue will be obtained for genetic analysis. 
The samples may be obtained from available collections and museums in 
the United States, Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Peru, New Zealand, 
South Africa, the United Kingdom. The additional samples are needed in 
the ongoing molecular-genetic study for outgroup analysis of 
relationships within Lagenorhynchus and assessment of the relationship 
of Lagenorhyncyhus to other dolphins.

    February 7, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-3346 Filed 2-11-94; 8:45 am]
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