[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14932]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 053096D]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P613)

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

ACTION: Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Glenn Cota, Center for Coastal 
Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, 768 W. 52nd Street, 
Norfolk, VA 23529, has applied in due form for a permit to import 
marine mammal specimen materials for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The application 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
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2289 (508/281-9250).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular request would be 
appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant requests authority to import from Canada muscle and/
or adipose tissue taken from Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Beluga whale 
(Delphinapterus leucas), Bearded seal (Erignahtus barbatus), and Ringed 
seal (Phoca sibirica). Samples will weigh approximately 100-300g each. 
The objective of the study is to determine the abundance, distribution, 
and identity of select radionuclides in biogenic particulate matter, 
zooplankton, and a variety of invertebrates, fishes, and mammals from 
arctic marine planktonic food weds, and provide data from key regions 
not currently samples which presumably represent high and low levels of 
contamination.

    Dated: May 31, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-14932 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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