[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080698C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 758-1459

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. Kimberlee Beckmen, Institute 
of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, 
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, has been issued a permit to take Northern fur 
seals (Callorhinus ursinus) 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, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 35569) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) 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 21, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-23535 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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