[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 83 (Monday, May 2, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041294B]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of Applications to Modify Permits (P501 and P420C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Raymond J. Tarpley, D.V.M., Ph.D., 
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX 77843, and Michael A. Castellini, Ph.D., have requested a 
modification to Permits No. 780 and 801, respectively.

ADDRESSES: The modification requests 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);
    [P501] - Southeast Region, NMFS, 9450 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg, 
FL 33702 (813/893-9141);
    [P501 and P420C] - Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802 (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 these particular 
modification requests would be appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of these 
modification requests to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee 
of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dr. Raymond Tarpley's request to modify 
Permit No. 780, issued on June 26, 1992 (57 FR 29711) is requested 
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) 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. 780 authorizes the Permit Holder to, among other things, 
collect specimen samples from 30 bowhead whales and 40 beluga whales 
taken during the Alaska Native subsistence harvest and import samples 
from 10 belugas taken in the Inuit subsistence harvest.
    The Permit Holder requests a modification to the take authority to 
collect an unlimited number of samples: from all bowhead whales 
authorized by NOAA and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC) to 
be landed each year until 1996; from the authorized number of beluga 
whales taken each year by Alaska Natives; and import from Canada 
samples collected from all beluga whales authorized to be taken in the 
Inuit subsistence harvest.
    Dr. Michael Castellini's modification to Permit No. 801 (58 FR 
48507) is requested under the authority of the MMPA 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. 801 authorizes the Holder to, among other things, 
capture, tag, and handle up to 1200 and incidentally harass up to 2100 
Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddelli) during research activities.
    The Holder requests authority to insert catheters in six (6) pups 
in order to collect up to 500 ml of blood.

    Dated: April 22, 1994
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service
[FR Doc. 94-10359 Filed-4-29-94; 8:45a.m.]
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