[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26406-26407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12026]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050895D]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit 
(P557D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Acoustic 
Thermometry of Ocean Climate Program, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 
92093-0225, has applied in due form for a permit to take several 
species of marine mammals and sea turtles for purposes of scientific 
research. The subject application supersedes a previous application 
published at 59 FR 5177 and a subsequent revision to that application 
which was never published, both of which have been withdrawn.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application 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); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, 
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (301/980-4016).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular request would be 
appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, Permits Division, 
301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
[[Page 26407]] 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 fur seal regulations at 
50 CFR part 215.
    The permit application requests authorization to harass marine 
mammals and sea turtles by a low frequency sound source (peak frequency 
75 Hz, 35 Hz bandwidth; 195 dB level (re 1 Pa at 1 m)) which 
would be located approximately 88 km offshore central California on 
Pioneer Seamount, at a depth of 980 m. The proposed research would be 
conducted over a 2-year period.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

    Dated: May 11, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12026 Filed 5-16-95; 8:45 am]

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