[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23798]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081798C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 786-1463

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 Institute of Marine Sciences, 
Earth & Marine Sciences Bldg. A316, University of California, Santa 
Cruz, California 95064 [Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Daniel P. 
Costa] has been issued a permit to take northern elephant seals 
(Mirounga angustirostris) and import samples from northern and southern 
elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) 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: Ruth Johnson or Sara Shapiro, 301/713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 14, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 37852) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take northern elephant seals (Mirounga 
angustirostris) had been submitted by the above-named organization. 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: August 24, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-23798 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]
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