[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31450-31451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14718]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 060795A]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of modification request for a scientific research 
permit (P537).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Fred Sharpe, Behavioral 
Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British 
Columbia V5A 1S6 has requested a modification to permit 866 to take the 
marine mammals listed below for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application 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, 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 Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD 20910 within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Barone (301-713-2289).

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, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this 
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors. [[Page 31451]] 
    The subject modification is requested under the authority of the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 
seq.), and 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 applicant seeks to attach time depth recorders (TDR) to 18 
humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) per year over a 3-year period. 
The TDRs will be attached using suction cups designed to release before 
10 hours elapse.

    Dated: June 8, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14718 Filed 6-14-95; 8:45 am]
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