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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.041994A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of Application to Modify Permit No. 836 (P79F).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Institute of Marine Science, 
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (Principal 
Investigators: Drs. Daniel P. Costa, Burney J. LeBoeuf, and Charles L. 
Ortiz), has requested a modification to Permit No. 836.

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); and
    Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 
90802-4213).
    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. 836, 
issued on May 12, 1993 (58 FR 29199) 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. 836 authorizes the Permit Holder to conduct various 
research activities on Northern elephant seals (Mirounga 
angustirostris) over a 5-year period. These activities include, among 
other things, capture, tagging and marking, handling, temporary 
captivity and translocation upon release. Activities are authorized to 
be conducted on Ano Nuevo.
    The Permit Holder requests authorization to: Translocate and 
release up to 40 animals each year to a location 5 miles south of the 
Sur Ridge or from a point south of Pt. Sur (site of the sound source 
for the proposed Acoustic Thermography of the
    Ocean Climate (ATOC) experiment); attach an acoustic data logger 
(sound recorder) to the dorsal midline on the back; play killer whale 
sounds in the track of homing seals (when the ATOC sound source is 
off); and extend the area of take to include Gorda and Piedras Blancas 
in Central California.

    Dated: May 3, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11355 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]
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