[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30831]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102998C]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 1024 (P77-2#69)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of 
scientific research permit no. 1024 submitted by the Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La 
Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92038 [Co- Investigator: Dr. Rennie S. 
Holt) has been granted to increase the number of Antarctic fur seals to 
be taken annually.

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 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 1998, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (63 FR 49337) that an amendment of permit no. 
1024, issued December 30, 1996 (62 FR 1875), 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.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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: November 9, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-30831 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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