[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7889]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031896A]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of modification request for scientific research permit 
968 (P557D); request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography has applied in due form for a modification to permit 968 
for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 2, 1996.

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 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802, (310/980-4016).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days of the 
publication of this notice. Those individuals requesting a hearing 
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular 
request would be appropriate.

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.), 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.), the regulations 
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and 
wildlife (50 CFR parts 217-222), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
    The modification requests authorization to include a dual-frequency 
transmission test 18.5 kilometers southwest of Pioneer Seamount for a 
period of approximately 2 weeks. Concurrent with the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries 
Service is forwarding copies of this modification to the Marine Mammal 
Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

    Dated: March 26, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-7889 Filed 4-1-96; 8:45 am]
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