[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 88 (Monday, May 9, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11080]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042594C]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of Application to Modify Permit No. 788 (P129I).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Bruce R. Mate, Ph.D., Professor, 
Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 97365-
5296, has requested a modification to Permit No. 788.

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);
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (310/980-4016); and
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C51700, 
Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).
    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. 788, 
issued on August 10, 1992 (57 FR 37527) 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. 788 authorizes the Holder to incidentally harass up to 
440 sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) while attempting to satellite 
tag up to 10 per year in the Gulf of Mexico.
    The Holder has requested authorization to extend the area of take 
to the North Pacific Ocean, specifically 20 miles south of Point Sur 
north to Bodega Bay and the Southern California Bight, site of the 
proposed Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) project. No 
additional animals are requested and the research protocol authorized 
in Permit No. 788 will not change.
Dated: April 29, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11080 Filed 5-6-94; 8:45a.m.]
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