[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27209]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 100996C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1019 (P619)

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. Catherine Schaeff, Department 
of Biology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20016, has been issued a permit to import gray whale 
specimens for scientific purposes.

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);
    Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2289 (508/281-9250);
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 26, 1996, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (61 FR 43737-43738) that a request for a 
scientific research permit to import gray whale samples from Canada and 
Mexico 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).

    Dated: October 16, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-27209 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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