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[FR Doc No: 94-9868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 040894C]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 868 (P539).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Norihisa Baba, Chief, Fur Seal 
Section, the National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, 
Fisheries Agency of Japan, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424 Japan, 
has requested a modification to permit No. 868.

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. 868, 
issued on July 15, 1993 (58 FR 39525) 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 at 50 CFR part 215.
    Permit No. 868 authorizes the permit holder to capture, tag, mark, 
and collect tissue samples from northern fur seals (Callorhinus 
ursinus) in Alaska in July through August 1995. The permit holder 
requests authorization to initiate the field season on June 15, to 
extend the effective date through September 1996, and to increase the 
number of fur seals authorized as subjects of the research.
Dated: April 13, 1994
Herbert W. Kaufman
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. 94-9868 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45a.m.]
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