[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7057]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031397A]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 957 (P771#71)

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS,7600 Sand Point Way 
NE., BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, has requested a amendment to 
permit No. 957.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request 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, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221).
    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 amendment 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 amendment to permit no. 957, 
issued on May 31, 1995 (60 FR 30065) is requested 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).
    Permit no. 957 authorizes the permit holder to: satellite tag up to 
50 beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) over a 5-year period, but not 
more than 10 in any one year; and to unintentionally harass up to 900 
annually. Activities are authorized to occur in Cook Inlet and along 
the western Alaska coastline.
    The permit holder requests authorization to increase the number of 
animals taken to 30 annually for the next 3 years (1997 through 1999).

    Dated: March 14, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-7057 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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