[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30065-30066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13859]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050895E]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 957 (P771 #71).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Howard Braham, National Marine 
Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 7600 Sand Pt. Way NE, Bin C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-
0070, has been issued a permit to satellite tag 50 beluga whales 
(Delphinapterus leucas) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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); and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/
586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 11, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 18395) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to satellite tag beluga whales had been submitted by 
the above-named individual. The requested permit has been issued under 
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 
[[Page 30066]] as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations 
Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: May 31, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13859 Filed 6-6-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-F