[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12723]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050995A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit 
(P524B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 
Honolulu, HI 96822 (co-investigators: Dr. Shannon Atkinson and James 
Palmer), has applied in due form for a permit to obtain blood and 
blubber samples and to import samples from

DATES: various species of cetaceans for purposes of scientific 
research. Written comments or requests for a public hearing must be 
received on or before June 23, 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);
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250);
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive 
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and
    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 Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kellie Foster (301/713-1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
    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.), 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).
    The applicants seek authorization to obtain blood serum and blubber 
samples from cetaceans taken in subsistence hunting, and incidental, 
stranded and captive mortalities. The applicant also requests 
authorization to import blood and blubber samples from Iceland, Norway, 
Japan, Russia, and Denmark as well as utilize samples in storage at the 
National Marine Mammal Lab. No specimens will be imported into the 
United States that were taken illegally in the country of origin. The 
objectives of this research are to develop a method of extracting 
steroid hormones from cetacean blubber and then to compare and 
determine a possible correlation between blood and blubber steroid 
concentrations.

    Dated: May 18, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12723 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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