[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16270]


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[Federal Register: July 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062494A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification No. 1 to scientific research permit no. 918 
(P191E).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Scientific Research Permit No. 918 submitted by California Department 
of Fish and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, has been 
granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/712-3389); and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 27, 1994, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 27535) that a modification of Permit No. 918, 
issued May 20, 1994 (59 FR 27535), had been requested by the above-
named organization. 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 Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    Permit No. 918 authorized inadvertent harassment of harbor seals, 
and the incidental harassment of California sea lions, Northern 
elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), Northern fur seals 
(Callorhinus ursinus) during harbor seal surveys. The modification 
authorizes inadvertent harassment of harbor seals during scat 
collections and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and Guadalupe 
fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) during aerial surveys to collect 
data on abundance and distribution of these species along the 
California coast and the Channel Islands.
    Issuance of this modification, as required by the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, was based on a finding that such permit: (1) Was 
applied for in good faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of 
the endangered species which is the subject of this permit; and (3) is 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
Endangered Species Act.

    Dated: June 29, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16270 Filed 7-5-94; 8:45 am]
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