[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2232-2233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1125]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011896B]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit (P598).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Jim Darling, P.O. Box 384, 
Tofino, British Columbia, CANADA VOR 2ZO has applied in due form for a 
permit to take by harassment up to 200 humpback whales (Megaptera 
novaeangliae) in waters off Maui, Hawaii for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 26, 
1996.

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, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).
    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: Jeannie Drevenak, 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 take up to 200 

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    humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) over a 2-year period by 
harassment and biopsy darting off west Maui, Hawaii. The objective of 
this research is to determine the sex and behavior patterns of 
individual humpback whales that interact with singers. The applicant 
proposes to initiate this research on February 1, 1996.
    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: January 18, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-1125 Filed 1-22-96; 1:37pm]

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