[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 6727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3331]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020498C]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game, P.O. Box 25526, Juneau, AK 99802-5526 has been issued an 
amendment to scientific research Permit No. 965 (P66j).

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 1997, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (62 FR 67053) that an amendment of Permit No. 
965, issued June 19, 1995 (60 FR 34233), had been requested by the 
above-named [individual/organization]. The requested amendment has been 
granted under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of 
Sec. 216.39 of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of 
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 
as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the provisions of 
Sec. 222.25 of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and 
exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222.23).
    Permit No. 965 (P66j) is now amended for: Underwater capture of 10 
additional (25 total) juvenile Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus, 
through use of a leash around each animal's neck, with the opposite end 
of the leash attached to a buoy at the surface; and use of diazepam, 
xylazine, or medetomidine as a sedative with either flumazenil, 
tolazoline, or atipamezole as the reversal agent.
    Issuance of this amendment, as required by the ESA was based on a 
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: January 30, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-3331 Filed 2-9-98; 8:45 am]
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