[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30255]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 111297C]


Marine Mammals (File No. 758-1431)

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 758-1431.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen, Institute 
of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, 
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, is hereby authorized to conduct research on 
two captive, adult Northern fur seals (Callinorinus ursinus).

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, NE., BIN C15700, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/
526-6150);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 1997, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (62 FR 50907) that the above-named applicant 
had submitted a request for a scientific research permit to blood 
sample and vaccinate two captive, adult Northern fur seals with a 
benign antigen, Fort Dodge tetanus toxoid, for the purpose of 
scientific research at a U.S. facility that is holding captive Northern 
fur seals. 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.), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), 
and the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine 
mammals (50 CFR Part 216).

    Dated: November 12, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-30255 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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