[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 7403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3622]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020698B]


Marine Mammals

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 Brendan P. Kelly, Ph.D., Juneau 
Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska 
Fairbanks, 11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK 99801 (Co-investigators: 
Dr Douglas Wartzok and Lori Quakenbush)(File No. 350-1434), has been 
issued a permit to take ringed seals (Phoca hispida) for the 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 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7721).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 17, 1997, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (62 FR 66054) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take (i.e., harass) ringed seals had been submitted 
by the above-named individual. 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: February 6, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-3622 Filed 2-12-98; 8:45 am]
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