[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50189-50190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24056]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 091495C]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species

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


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ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit (P595).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Whale Conservation Institute, 
191 Weston Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 has applied in due form for a permit 
to import several species of marine mammals for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular request would be 
appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trevor Spradlin, Permits Division, 
301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (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, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations 
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and 
wildlife (50 CFR parts 217- 222).
    The permit application requests authorization to import biopsy 
samples collected from both dead stranded and living, free-ranging 
animals in the territorial waters of Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, 
Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, over a 2-year period. The applicant proposes 
to initiate this research on November 10, 1995.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

    Dated: September 18, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-24056 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]
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