[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: 96-11558]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042496B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific research permit No. 840 
(P531D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit No. 840 submitted by Mr. Craig Matkin, North 
Gulf Oceanic Society, Merimac Drive, Mile 10.5 East Road, Homer, AK 
99603, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 20, 1996, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (61 FR 6353) that a modification of permit No. 
840, issued May 25, 1993 (59 FR 31370), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. The requested modification has been granted 
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the provisions of Secs. 216.33(d) 
and (e) of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine 
Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    Permit No. 840 authorizes biopsy sampling and photo-identification 
and behavioral studies of killer whales in Prince William Sound and 
adjacent waters. It has been modified to expand the research to include 
all Alaska waters.

    Dated: April 26, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11558 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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