[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3983]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012502B]


Marine Mammals; File No.481-1623-00

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 LGL Ltd., environmental research 
associates, 22 Fisher Str., P.O.B. 280, King City, Ontario, Canada L7B 
1A6 [Principal Investigator: W. John Richardson, Ph.D.]has been issued 
a permit to take ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and incidentally take 
bearded seals(Erignathus barbatus) and spotted seals (Phoca largha)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, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907) 586-7221; fax (907) 586-7249.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 19, 2001, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (66 FR 57939) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take above listed species 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: February 12, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-3983 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
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