[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 110796B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P772#69)

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

ACTION: Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, 
La Jolla, CA 92037, has applied in due form for a permit to take 
Antarctic pinnipeds for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 18, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: The application 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
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.
    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 
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant requests authority to conduct level B harassment 
activities [i.e., censuses] on Antarctic pinnipeds in the South 
Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Additionally, up to 1050 Antarctic fur 
seals will be captured, handled and released. During these activities, 
up to 1934 Antarctic fur seals, 99 southern elephant seals, 7 leopard 
seals, 15 Weddell seals, 1 Ross seal may be inadvertently harassed, and 
1 animal may be accidentally killed or injured during capture 
operations.

    Dated: November 8, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-29471 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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