[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 21162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11557]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042596B]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification to permit no. 778 (P772#59).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on [leave blank for date stamp] 
Permit No. 778, issued to The National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA 92038, was 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, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Suite 13130 Silver Spring, 
MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 
West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-
4001); and
    Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 
(808/973-2987).

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 Sections 216.33(d) 
and (3) 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 Section 222.25 
of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR Part 222).
    The permittee is authorized to increase the number of seals 
authorized to be retagged under the permit from 250 to 500. This 
modification involves no increase in the originally authorized take of 
1200 monk seals.

    Dated: April 29, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-11557 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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