[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9335]


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[Federal Register: April 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 033094B]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of Application to Modify Permit No. 846 (P532A).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Drs. Randall W. Davis, Michael 
Castellini, and Terrie M. Williams have requested a modification to 
Permit No. 846.

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);
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 (907/586-
7221); and
    Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/
526-4000).
    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 
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. 846, 
issued on June 7, 1993 (58 FR 32913) 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 part 222).
    Permit No. 846 authorizes the Permit Holder to conduct scientific 
research on Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). The researchers may 
capture, handle, biopsy, tag and release up to 40 pups; capture up to 
10 (five each location) adult females to determine suitability for 
physiological studies; capture, tag, handle, mark and biopsy up to 20 
adult females, (10 each location); recapture and release females and 
pups up to 3 times; unintentionally kill two pups/two adults during 
research operations; and incidentally disturb up to 1000 Stellers while 
conducting the research. These activities were authorized to be 
conducted annually on Chirikof and Forrester Islands in Alaska.
    The Permit Holder requests authorization to change location of take 
to Lowrie and Marmot Islands, increase the number of pups handled to 60 
annually (30 each location) and attach small subcutaneous transmitters 
to five of the 10 adult females authorized to be tagged with external 
transmitters.

Dated: April 12, 1994

Herbert W. Kaufman

Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 94-9335 Filed 4-18-94; 8:45am]

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