[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6618]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030894D]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of Application for Scientific Research Permit (P552B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Michael T. Williams, University of 
Alaska Fairbanks, 417 Irving Building, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, has 
applied in due form for a permit to take Northern elephant seals 
(Callorhinus ursinus) for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 21, 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);
Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 
99802 (907/586-7221); and
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 
7600 Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-4020).

    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, room 13130, 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.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Fur Seal Act of 
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and fur seal regulations (50 
CFR part 215).
    The applicant proposes to incidentally harass up to 200 Northern 
fur seals on St. George Island from mid-June to mid-October during 
observation activities. The applicant is studying the hypothesis that 
female Northern fur seals on the aircraft-disturbed side of St. George 
Island will spend less time with their pups than females on the north 
side of the Island.

    Dated: March 15, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-6618 Filed 3-21-94; 8:45 am]
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