[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19441]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 073195G]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of modification no. 1 to permit no. 934 (P281C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the request for modification 
submitted by Mr. S. Jonathan Stern, of the Marine Mammal Research 
Program, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX, has been granted.

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);
    Director, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Director, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, 
Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and,
    Director, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21688, Juneau, AK; 99802-1668 
(907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 21, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 32304) that a request to modify scientific 
research permit no. 934 had been received. The modification was issued 
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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the 
regulations governing endangered species permits 50 CFR parts 217-222).
    The Permit authorized the Holder to photo-identify and biopsy dart 
minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), blue whales (B. musculus), 
fin whales (B. physalus), sei whales (B. borealis), humpback whales 
(Megaptera novaeangliae), gray whales (Eschrictius robustus), and 
killer whales (Orcinus orca).
    The Permit, as modified, authorized additional harassment and 
biopsy darting of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the inland waters of 
Washington State for purposes of scientific research.

    Dated: July 31, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-19441 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]
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