[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16271]


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[Federal Register: July 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062094C]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification No. 1 to scientific research permit No. 836 (P79F)

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Scientific Research Permit No. 836 submitted by the Institute of Marine 
Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (Principal 
Investigators: Drs. Daniel Costa, Burney J. Le Boeuf, and Charles L. 
Ortiz) 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);
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4016 (310/980-4020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 1994, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 24405) that a modification of Permit No. 836, 
issued May 12, 1993 (57 FR 29199) 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.) and 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 modification authorizes: Translocation of seals up to 200 km 
from the Ano Nuevo (40 of which may be released to a location 5 miles 
south of Sur Ridge or south of Pt. Sur, site of the proposed ATOC sound 
source); attachment of an acoustic data logger (sound recorder); killer 
whale sounds played in the track of homing seals; and capture of seals 
from Gorda and Piedras Blancas in Central California.

    Dated: June 29, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16271 Filed 7-5-94; 8:45 am]
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