[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Incidental Take of Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letters of Authorization.

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    Notice is given that on February 8, 1994, NMFS issued a Letter of 
Authorization for a take of ringed seals incidental to on-ice seismic 
activities in the Beaufort Sea. This letter was issued under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and 50 CFR part 
228, subparts A and B.
    A letter was issued to Western Geophysical, 351 E. International 
Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99518. The letter is valid only for 
activities conducted in 1994, and is subject to the provisions of the 
MMPA, regulations governing small takes of marine mammals incidental to 
specified activities, and regulations governing the taking of ringed 
seals incidental to on-ice seismic activities in the Beaufort Sea (50 
CFR part 228, subparts A and B and 58 FR 4091, January 13, 1993).
    Issuances of letters are based on findings that the total takings 
will have a negligible impact on the ringed seal species or stock and 
will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the 
species for subsistence uses.

ADDRESSES: These letters are available for review in the following 
offices: Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1335 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 and Western Alaska Field Office, NMFS, 
701 C Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99513.

    Dated: February 8, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 94-4026 Filed 2-22-94; 8:45 am]
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