[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26890]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082098D]


Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1355

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 the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115, has been 
issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 782-1355.

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); 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 July 17, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 38557) that an amendment of Permit No. 782-
1355 issued July 15, 1997 (62 FR 39826), had been requested by the 
above-named 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.) and the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals 
(50 CFR part 216).
    The Permit was amended to: (1) change PI to DeMaster and replace CI 
with John Bengtson and David Withrow; (2) increase the number of seals 
equipped with TDRs from 20 to 50 over the duration of the permit (10 
per year); (3) increase the number of biopsies taken from 50 to 250 (50 
per year); and (4) increase the number of seals harassed more than once 
from 500 over the course of the permit to 500 annually.

    Dated: August 27, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26890 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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