[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39633-39634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19335]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071096C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1003 (P612)

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen, Institute 
of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, 
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, has been issued a permit to take Northern fur 
seals (Callorhinus ursinus) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 14, 1996, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 24289) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take Northern fur seals had been submitted by the above-named 
individual. The requested permit has been issued 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).

    Date: July 24, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-19335 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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