[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22025]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 073198B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 684-1458

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 Dr. Donald B. Siniff, Professor, 
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 
College of Biological Sciences, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford 
Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, has been issued a permit to take Weddell 
seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), crabeater seals (Lobodon 
carcinophagus), leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx), Ross seals 
(Ommatophoca rossii), southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) and 
Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) for 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 and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (562/980-4001).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 24, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 34366) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), 
crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), leopard seals (Hydrurga 
leptonyx), Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossii), southern elephant seals 
(Mirounga leonina) and Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) 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.), the Regulations Governing 
the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), and the 
Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).

    Dated: August 10, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-22025 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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