[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092601C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1003-1646

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 Jennifer Burns, Ph.D., University 
of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences, 3211 Providence 
Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, has been issued a permit to import 
specimens collected from Canadian populations of harbor seal (Phoca 
vitulina), hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), harp seal (Phoca 
groenlandica), and gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) 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; 
phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376;
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907) 586-7221; fax (907) 586-7249.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan or Ruth Johnson, (301) 713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 23, 2001, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (66 FR 44333) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to import specimens collected from Canadian populations 
of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), 
harp seal (Phoca groenlandica), and gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) 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.), and the Regulations 
Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: October 15, 2001.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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