[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 20481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10267]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 041195A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific research permit 770 (P66G).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 770 submitted by the Alaska Department 
of Fish and Game, P.O. Box 3-2000, Juneau, AK 99802, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, Federal Annex, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802 (907/586-7221).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 17, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 14426) that a modification of permit no. 
770, issued March 20, 1993 (57 FR 10649), 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 section 
216.33(d) and (e) of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing 
of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The permit was modified to allow an additional 100 harbor seals to 
be captured, restrained, immobilized, sampled, and flipper tagged, 
which brings the total number of seals to be handled to 300. Of these, 
up to 50 each may be muscle biopsy sampled, injected intramuscularly 
with 10 ml sterile deuterium oxide, and injected with 10 ml of medical 
grade sterile Evans Blue solution into the extradural intervertebral 
vein. Specimens collected from harbor seals and spotted seals may be 
exported to Canada, Netherlands, and on a worldwide basis as the need 
arises.

    Dated: April 18, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-10267 Filed 4-25-95; 8:45 am]
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