[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 112 (Monday, June 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14300]


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[Federal Register: June 13, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 052594A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification No. 1 to scientific research permit No. 868 
(P539).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Scientific Research Permit No. 868 submitted by Dr. Norihisa Baba, 
Chief, Fur Seal Section, the National Research Institute of Far Seas 
Fisheries, Fisheries Agency of Japan, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka, 
424 Japan, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 25, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 19695) that a modification of permit No. 
868, issued July 16, 1993 (58 FR 39525), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. The requested modification has been granted 
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Secs. 216.33(d) and 
(e) of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine 
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
    Permit No. 868 has been modified to initiate the field season on 
June 15, 1994, to extend the effective date through September 1996, and 
to increase the number of fur seals authorized as subjects of the 
research.

    Dated: June 6, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Director,
Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-14300 Filed 6-10-94; 8:45 am]
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