[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16264]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062994B]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 765 (P70E).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. William Watkins, has requested 
a modification to permit No. 765.

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
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 
(508/281-9328).
    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. 765, 
issued on February 25, 1992 (57 FR 7735) 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 parts 217-222)
    Permit No. 765, as amended on March 17, 1994, authorizes the permit 
holder to: Tag up to five sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) with HF 
sonic and/or satellite tags (some may be double tagged); inadvertently 
harass up to 20 during tagging operations; and during various levels of 
sound playback experiments on tagged whales, inadvertently harass up to 
60 additional sperm whales up to 10 times per day.
    The permit holder requests authorization to: Add fin whales 
(Balaenoptera physalus) and sei whales (B. borealis) to the take 
authority for tagging. The same tag type and technique will be used to 
tag fin and sei whales that is authorized for tagging sperm whales. No 
additional numbers are requested, i.e., no more than five whales total 
will be tagged each year. Activities this field season will occur in 
international waters within 300 miles of the west coast of Iceland.

    Dated: June 29, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16264 Filed 6-30-94; 12:10 pm]
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