[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18725]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071197B]


Marine Mammals

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 Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (0225), 
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0225, has requested an 
adjustment to the expiration date of Permit No. 970.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 15, 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).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
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 amendment 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.), and the regulations 
governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and 
wildlife (50 CFR 222.23).
    Permit No. 970 authorizes the harassment of individuals of several 
species of cetaceans during the course of acoustic studies off the 
north shore of Kauai, HI through September 30, 1997. Research has not 
yet begun, and the Holder is requesting that the expiration date of the 
permit be adjusted to compensate for the approximately two year delay 
in the start of the research program. Comments are requested only on 
the issue of adjusting the expiration date of the permit to compensate 
for the approximately 2-year delay in the start of the research 
program.

    Dated: July 10, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-18725 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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