[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18395-18396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8907]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 040395B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit 
(P771#71).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory has applied in due form for a permit to take the marine 
mammals listed below for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 11, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application 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);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
Office of Protected Resources, 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 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 permit is requested under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant seeks authorization to satellite tag 50 beluga whales 
(Delphinapterus leucas) and retain samples incidental to the tagging 
over a 5-year period. In addition, the applicant seeks authorization to 
take by harassment up to 900 beluga whales per [[Page 18396]] year 
incidental to the tagging. Proposed taking will be by small boat. 
Surveys will be conducted from July 1995 through October 2000 in Cook 
Inlet, Norton Sound, Bristol Bay, Kotzebue Sound, and Beaufort Sea on 
the west coast of Alaska. The results of the research will provide 
information on the movement and diving behavior of the Alaska stocks of 
beluga whales.

    Dated: April 5, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-8907 Filed 4-10-95; 8:45 am]
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