[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9866]


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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 041194A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit No. 840 (P351D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Craig Matkin, North Gulf 
Oceanic Society, Merimac Drive, Mile 10.5 East Road, Homer, AK 99603, 
has requested a modification to permit No. 840.

ADDRESSES: The modification request and related documents are available 
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
    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. 840, 
issued on May 25, 1993 (58 FR 31370) 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).
    Permit No. 840 authorizes the Permit Holder to conduct photo-
identification studies on killer whales in Southeast Alaskan waters. 
The Permit Holder requests authorization to biopsy up to 94 of the 
animals involved in the present study for purposes of genetic and 
contaminant analyses.
Dated: April 15, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-9866 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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