[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34422-34423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16863]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 061796E]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 837 (P771#67)

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

ACTION: Scientific research permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 837 submitted by the National Marine 
Mammal Laboratory has been granted.

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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21688, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Point Way NE, BIN C15700, 
Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6, 1996, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 20244) that a modification of permit no. 837, 
issued

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June 4, 1993, had been requested by the above-named organization. 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.), the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of Sec. 216.33 of the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216).
    The modification adds St. Paul and St. George as locations where 
roundups are authorized; increases the numbers that may be incidentally 
harassed, captured, weighed and measured on Bogoslof Island; adds 
harnesses or epoxy glue as means to attach time wet recorders; 
increases numbers to be fitted with time wet recorders on St. Paul and 
St George Islands; and authorizes the use of enemas St. Paul Island and 
St. George Island.

    Dated: June 18, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-16863 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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