[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37053-37054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17690]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071295A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit (P592).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Children's Museum, Canadian 
Museum of Civilization, 100 Laurier Street, Hull, Quebec J8X 4H2 
Canada, has applied in due form for a scientific research permit to 
import handicraft artifacts made from marine mammal parts and part of a 
travelling exhibit produced by the museum.

DATES: Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources at the above address on or before [insert date 30 days after 
date of publication in the Federal Register]. Those individuals 
requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a 
hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.

ADDRESSES: The application is available for review upon written request 
or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 
East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9731 Executive Center Drive 
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (813/570-5301);
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive, 
Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281-9250); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, 
BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Hochman, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant requests permission to export 24 artifacts for 
participation in an educational exhibit ``Siqiniq: Under the Same Sun'' 
for display at seven U.S. children's museums beginning in July 1995. At 
the conclusion of the tour in October 1997, the artifacts will return 
to Canada. The items are made all or in part from the Harp seal (Phoca 
groenlandica) that were legally harvested in the Baffin Region of the 
Northwest Territories, Canada, within the last 5 years. The purpose for 
this exhibit is to increase the understanding and appreciation among 
children of the culture and natural environment of the native people of 
Arctic Canada, particularly the use of natural materials in their daily 
diet and lifesyle.

    Dated: July 12, 1995.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Division of Permits and Documentation, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-17690 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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