[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 146 (Monday, July 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38990-38991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18637]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.072095A]


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. 961 (P771 #72).

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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 biopsy sample 120 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 May 2, 1995, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 21503) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to biopsy sample 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, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and 

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the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals 
(50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: July 24, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-18637 Filed 7-28-95; 8:45 am]
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