[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-871]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010697A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1024 (P772#69)

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 the Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, 
La Jolla, CA 92038 [Principal Investigators: Dr. Rennie S. Holt, or his 
designee(s)] has been issued a permit to take Antarctic pinnipeds for 
purposes of scientific research.

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); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 18, 1996, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (61 FR 58677) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Antarctic pinnipeds had been submitted by the 
above-named organization. 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: December 30, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-871 Filed 1-13-97; 8:45 am]
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