[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48888-48889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23768]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 083096A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P617)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; and Fish and Wildlife 
Service (FWS), Interior.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Madonna L. Moss, 1218 
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-
1218, has applied in due form for a permit to take marine mammals for 
purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment (see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for locations).
    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.), 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.), the regulations 
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and 
wildlife (50 CFR part 222) and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    The applicant requests a permit to salvage carcasses to be 
processed to obtain osteological specimens (bones and teeth) for the 
comparative collection of animal bones in the Department of 
Antropology. Samples from the following species will be obtained from 
beached/ stranded animals or carcasses left behind by Native Alaskan 
subsistence hunters: Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Dall's 
porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Guadelupe 
fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi), Northern fur seal (Callorhinus 
ursinus), Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), California sea lion 
(Zalophus californianus), Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), Northern 
elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), Ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata), 
Ringed seal (Phoca hispida), Larga (spotted) seal (Phoca largha), 
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and Sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Specimens 
will be salvaged from carcasses in the Alexander Archipelago of 
southeast Alaska, Nunivak Island, Alaska, the coast of Oregon, and the 
California Channel Islands. The application and related documents may 
be reviewed at the following locations:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);

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    Director, NMFS, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221);
    Director, NMFS, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and
    Director, NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 432, Arlington, VA 22203 (1-800/358-2104).

    Dated: September 9, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    Dated: September 9, 1996.
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-23768 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am]
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