[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-27528]


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[Federal Register: November 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 102794A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit No. 873 (P772#63).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, NMFS, P.O. Box 271, La Jolla, CA 92038-0271, has requested a 
modification to Permit No. 873.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802, (310/980-4016).
    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. 873, 
issued on July 28, 1993 (58 FR 34038) 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. 873 authorizes the Permit Holder to biopsy 
several species of bow-riding cetaceans off the coasts of Washington, 
Oregon, California, and Mexico, and to import biopsy tissues collected 
outside of U.S. waters. The Permit Holder requests authorization to add 
two additional species to the permit authority, (hourglass dolphin, 
Lagenorhynchus cruciger, and Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis 
peronii), to import biopsy tissues from these additional species, to 
expand the study area to include the Southern Ocean, and to extend the 
effective date of the permit through December 31, 1997.

    Dated: October 31, 1994.
Patricia Montanio,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-27528 Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]
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