[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3223]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 020196B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of modification to permit no. 977 (P77-1#74).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 977, issued to the 
National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, was modified.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/712-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, 
CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).

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 of paragraphs (d) and 
(e) of Sec. 216.33 of the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The Permit was modified to authorize: (1) Use of gas anesthesia on 
up to 16 adult female California sea lions during instrumentation and 
recapture; (2) increase in the number of females taken in one year from 
20 to 32 under Special Conditions A.1.a. and b.; and (3) use of gas 
anesthesia on pups authorized to be taken in Special Condition A.1.d. 
of the Permit. All other Terms and Conditions of the original permit 
remain in force and effect.

    Dated: January 16, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3223 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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