[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 237 (Monday, December 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 63511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30063]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 112995D]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific research permit no. 836 (P79F)

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
Scientific Research Permit No. 836 submitted by the Institute of Marine 
Science, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 
95064 (Agents: Drs. Daniel Costa, Burney J. Le Boeuf, and Charles L. 
Ortiz), has been granted.

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, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/712-3389);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 18, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 43124) that a modification of Permit No. 
836, issued on May 12, 1993 (as modified June 29, 1994), had been 
requested by the above-named organization. The requested modification 
has been granted under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of 
Sec. 216.33(d) and (e) of the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    Permit No. 836 authorizes, annually, the capture and handling of up 
to 3,880 northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), the 
unintentional killing of up to 3 elephant seals during the conduct of 
the authorized research activities; import up to 40 northern elephant 
seal and southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) tissue samples and 
export samples from northern elephant seals (only) from/to England, 
Argentina, Australia, Mexico, and Japan; and incidentally harass up to 
54,400 seals.
    The modification authorizes: an increase in the number of animals 
that may be accidentally killed annually from three to five; muscle 
biopsies to be taken from juvenile elephant seals to examine the muscle 
structure as it relates to aerobic capacity; since location of the ATOC 
sound source has changed; a change in the release site from Point Sur 
to Pioneer Seamount, approx. 70 miles west of Half Moon Bay; and, an 
increase the number of southern elephant seal samples to be imported 
from 40 to 650.

    Dated: November 22, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-30063 Filed 12-8-95; 8:45 am]
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