[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40345-40346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19553]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 073195F]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of Permit No. 841 (P129J).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Permit No. 841 submitted by Bruce R. Mate, Oregon State University, 
Newport, OR 97365-5296 has been granted.

ADDRESSES: Documents submitted in connection with this permit are 
available for review in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1315 
East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 
(907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 21, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 32304) that a modification of Permit No. 
841 issued on June 24, 1993, had been requested by the above-named 
individual. The modification has been granted under authority of the 
Marine Mammal 

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Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Regulations 
Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 
the regulations governing endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 
217-222).
    The Permit authorized the harassment of up to 200 each of blue 
whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (B. physalus), humpback 
whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), and gray whales (Eschrichtius 
robustus) of which 50 would be tagged with an Argos satellite-monitored 
radio transmitter and biopsy sampled over a 5-year period. No more than 
15 whales of each species will be tagged in a single year.
    The modification authorized up to 55 blue whales to be tagged over 
a 5-year period and the restriction to limit the number of whales to be 
tagged in any one year was removed.
    Issuance of this Permit, as required by the ESA of 1973, is based 
on a finding that the Permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) 
does not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is 
the subject of this Permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA of 1973.

    Dated: July 31, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-19553 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]
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