[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-23254] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: September 20, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Mammals [I.D. 082994C] AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 813 (P523). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Adam S. Frankel, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, has requested a modification to Permit No. 813. 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); Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001). Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this request should be submitted to the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1335 East-West Highway, 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. 813, issued on February 1, 1993 (58 FR 7548) and modified on August 2, 1993 (58 FR 42300), 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 part 222). Permit No. 813 authorizes the Permit Holder to potentially harass up to 1000 humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) during the course of playback experiments and photo-identification/observational studies through September 30, 1994. The Permit Holder requests an additional one year extension of the Permit; authorization to conduct the research off the island of Kauai rather than Hawaii; and authorization to conduct playback experiments on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Dated: September 2, 1994. William W. Fox, Jr., Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 94-23254 Filed 9-19-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F