[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22082]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 082995B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 976 (P5H)

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Donald B. Siniff, University 
of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108 has been 
issued a permit to take Antarctic seals for purposes of scientific 
research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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, Room 13130, Silver Spring, 
MD 20910 (301/713-2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 21, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 32304) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddelli), 
crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), leopard seal (Hydrurga 
leptonyx), Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii), southern elephant seal, 
(Mirounga leonina), and Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) 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 the Regulations 
Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: August 29, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-22082 Filed 9-6-95; 8:45 am]
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