[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20204]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 080795D]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of modification to permit no. 898 (P772#65).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on August 3, 1995, Permit No. 898, 
issued to NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA 92038, 
was modified.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Suite 13130 Silver Spring, 
MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 
West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-
4001); and
    Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 
(808/973-2987).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification has been issued 
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions ofSecs. 216.33(d) and 
(e) of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of 
the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    The permittee is authorized to include up to 25 adult monk seals 
among those seals authorized to be tagged under the permit, as well as 
to instrument with portable camcorders up to 12 of the 25 monk seals 
previously authorized to be instrumented. This modification involves no 
increase in the originally authorized take of 1500 monk seals.

    Dated: August 3, 1995.
Gary M. Barone,
Acting Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-20204 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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