[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 69201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29085]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 110502D]


Marine Mammals; File No. 774-1649-01

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 Permit No. 774-1649-00 issued to 
the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92038 
(Principle Investigator: Rennie Holt, Ph.D.) has been amended.

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; and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562)980-4001; fax (562)980-4018;

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 2, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 61850) that an amendment of Permit No. 774-
1649, issued November 14, 2001 (66 FR 58445), had been requested by the 
above-named organization. The requested amendment has been granted 
under 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).
    The Amended Permit authorizes the Holder to capture, weigh, 
measure, tag and release southern elephant seal pups.

    Dated: Novemver 7, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
 Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-29085 Filed 11-14-02; 8:45 am]
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