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[FR Doc No: 94-14250]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 052694C]
 

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 843 (P771 #68).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center, NMFS, NOAA, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point 
Way, NE., Bldg. 4, Seattle, WA 98115, has requested a modification to 
permit No. 843.

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);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., 
BIN C15700, 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. 843, 
issued on June 2, 1993 (58 FR 32520), 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. 843 authorizes the permit holder to conduct aerial, 
boat, and ground surveys and scat collections for harbor seals (Phoca 
vitulina) at haulouts and rookeries in Alaska over a 4-year period 
ending in 1997. The permit holder now seeks authorization to capture 
and radio tag up to 50 harbor seals in order to determine a correction 
factor to be applied towards the number of seals at sea or moving 
between haulout sites, and thus missed by aerial surveys. The permittee 
estimates that up to 200a dditional seals may be disturbed incidental 
to the capture/tagging activities.

    Dated: June 3, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National MarineFisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-14250 Filed 6-10-94; 8:45 am]
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