[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3627]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 020796B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 840 (P351D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Craig O. Matkin, North Gulf 
Oceanic Society, P.O. Box 15244, Homer, Alaska 99603, has requested a 
modification to Permit No. 840.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. 
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
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, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification is requested 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).
    The Permit Holder is currently authorized to take by harassment up 
to 3,500 killer whales (Orcinus orca) annually, over a 5-year period, 
during photo-identification and behavioral observation studies, a total 
of 94 of which may be biopsy sampled over the course of the permit. The 
permit is valid through October 31, 1998.
    The Permit Holder is now requesting to expand the research area to 
include all Alaska waters.
    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: February 7, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3627 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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