[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13004]


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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 051694C]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 918 (P191E).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the California Department of Fish 
and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, has requested a 
modification to Permit No. 918.

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, 301 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach,
    CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4020).
    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. 918, 
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. 918 authorizes the permit holder to inadvertently harass 
an unspecified number of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) and to 
incidentally harass an unspecified number of California sea lions 
(Zalophus californianus), Northern elephant seals (Mirounga 
angustirostris), and Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) during 
aerial surveys.
    The permit holder requests authorization to also harass Steller sea 
lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus 
townsendi) incidental to aerial surveys and to harass all of the 
species listed above incidental to collection of harbor seal scat 
samples. The data on abundance and distribution of Steller sea lions 
and Guadalupe fur seals will be included in the Department's Geographic 
Information System which is being created by the State's Oil Spill 
Prevention and Response Team.

    Dated: May 23, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-13004 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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