[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12722]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050995B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 917 (P774#2).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. John B. Pearce, NMFS, 
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Waters Street, Room 312, Woods 
Hole, MA 02543-1097, has requested a modification to permit No. 917.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing must be 
received on or before June 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).
    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, 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 
modification 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 modification to permit No. 917, issued on May 11, 1994 
(59 FR 25891) 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).
    Permit No. 917 authorizes the permit holder to conduct a number of 
studies on several cetacean species as well as gray and harbor seals in 
the notheastern U.S. and Canadian waters. The research activities 
include: Vessel surveys, aerial surveys and photogrammetry, photo-
identification studies, and the collection of biopsies. The permit 
holder requests additional authorization to collect biopsy samples from 
sei whales for genetic analyses, which will provide information on 
stock structure.

Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12722 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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