[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 190 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24882]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 091196C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P6P)

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 the National Museum of Natural 
History, Smithsonian Institution, NHB 390, MRC 108, 10th & Constitution 
Ave., SW., Washington, D.C. 20560, 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 30, 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 222.23) and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    The applicant requests a permit to salvage and/or import/export, 
over a 5-year period, carcasses and/or specimen materials from an 
unspecified number of all species of marine mammals of any age and of 
both sexes, world wide. Specimen materials will be obtained from: Dead, 
naturally stranded animals and/or from animals legally taken (killed) 
in the country of origin as a result of fishery interactions, 
aboriginal takes, or as a part of research or management programs; 
biopsies from live free-ranging marine mammals taken by other 
individuals who have the appropriate authority; and captive animals 
kept in public display institutions.
    The application and related documents may be viewed at the 
following locations:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    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);
    Director, NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Director, NMFS, Northeast Region, One Blackburn Dr., Gloucester, MA 
01930-2298 (508/281-9250);
    Director, NMFS, Southeast Region, 9721 Executive Center Dr. North, 
St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301); and
    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 20, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    Dated: September 20, 1996.
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 96-24882 Filed 9-27-96; 8:45 am]
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