[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12444]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042996A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of modification to permit no. 898 (P772#65).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on May 6, 1996 Permit No. 898, 
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 Sec. 216.33(d) and 
(e) 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 Sec. 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 capture, restrain, sedate, and 
instrument up to 25 adult male Hawaiian monk seals. Nine of these 
animals may be instrumented with portable camcorders. The permit has 
been modified to authorize the instrumentation of up to three (adult 
males only) of these 12 seals with Global Positioning System units in 
lieu of camcorders. This modification involves no increase in the 
originally authorized take.

    Dated: May 13, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-12444 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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