[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11235]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042296C]


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 
837 (P771 #67); request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory has applied in due form for a modification to permit 837 for 
purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 5, 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);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS,P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 
(907/586-7221); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Point Way NE, BIN C15700, 
Building 1, Seattle WA 98115-07009 (206/526-6150).
    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 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 increase numbers of 
animals incidentally harassed during censusing and other activities; 
increase numbers of allowable captures on Bogoslof Island; conduct 
activities using Time-Depth Recorders; and increase numbers of animals 
receiving Time-Wet Recorders. 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: April 22, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11235 Filed 5-3-96; 8:45 am]
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