[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20978]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 080996A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1006 (P466C)

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 a permit for scientific research 
has been issued to Mr. Scott D. Kraus, Edgerton Research Laboratory, 
New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-3399.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 28, 1996, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 26505) that a request for a scientific research 
permit had been submitted by the above-named applicant. The request was 
to harass harbor porpoise in the Gulf of Maine during the course of 
underwater acoustic playback experiments. 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).

    Dated: August 9, 1996.
William W. Windom,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20978 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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