[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4160]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 020196D]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of modification to permit no. 854 (P211F).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 854, issued to the 
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Science Drive, Bldg. 3, 
Newport, OR 97365, has been modified.

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, Room 13130 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/712-2289);
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4015); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).

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 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 provisions of of the regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 
222).
    Permit No. 854 authorizes scientific research on Steller sea lions 
(Eumetopias jubatus) over a 5-year period.
    The Permit, as modified, reduces the number of Steller sea lion 
pups to be weighed, measured, marked, flipper tagged, hot-branded, and 
have blood drawn from 200 to 100 annually, and authorizes 100 Steller 
sea lions of any sex or age to be weighed, measured, marked, flipper 
tagged, hot-branded, and have blood drawn annually.
    Issuance of this modified permit as required by the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 was based on a finding that such permit: (1) Was 
applied for in good faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of 
the endangered species which is the subject of this permit; and (3) is 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
Endangered Species Act.

    Dated: February 14, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4160 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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