[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4148-4149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1410]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011095B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of applications to modify permit nos. 838 (P535), 717 
(P77#44), and 789 (P135C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the following permittees have 
requested a modification to their permits:
    Permit No. 838 (File No. P535)--Mr. Stephen J. Insley, Animal 
Communication Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-
8761;
    Permit No. 717 (File No. P77#44)--The National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, NE., BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115; and
    Permit No. 789 (File No. P135C)--James H.W. Hain, Ph.D., Northeast 
Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543-
1026.

ADDRESSES: The modification requests 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);
    File No. P535--Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802 (907/586-7221);
    File No. P77#44--Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean 
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016); and
    File No. P135C--Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281-9200); and Director, Southeast 
Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-
2432 (813/893-3141).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on these 
requests should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1335 East-West 
Highway, F/PR1, 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 the 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 these 
applications to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modifications to permit Nos. 838 
(58 FR 29810) issued May 17, 1993; 717, as modified, (58 FR 27270) 
issued May 7, 1993; and 789, as modified, (58 FR 6116), issued January 
26, 1993, are 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.), the Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, 
and Exporting of Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222), the 
Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and the fur 
seal regulations (50 CFR part 215).

Summary of Permit/Modification Requests

    Permit No. 838 (Stephen Insley, P535) authorizes the permit holder 
to mark/tag up to 100 northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and 
inadvertently harass up to 110 over a 2-year period. The permit holder 
requests a 2-year extension of the take authority and an increase of 75 
animals per year for inadvertent harassment during vocal playback 
activities.
    Permit No. 717 (National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NMFS, P77#44) 
authorizes the take of 2,600 California sea lions (Zalophus 
californianus) over [[Page 4149]] a 5-year period. The permit holder 
requests an additional ten takes of adult females for instrumentation 
in 1995.
    Permit No. 789 (James H.W. Hain, P135C) authorizes inadvertent 
harassment of several species of marine mammals and sea turtles during 
aerial and vessel surveys. The permit holder requests that ten 
additional species be added to the take authority for opportunistic 
studies.

    Dated: January 13, 1995.
P.A. Montanio,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-1410 Filed 1-19-95; 8:45 am]
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