[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11484]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050203D]


Marine Mammals; File No. 981-1707

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a public meeting regarding the scientific 
research proposed by Dr. Peter Tyack in a permit application and 
analyzed in a draft environmental assessment.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 19, 2003, at 1 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NOAA Silver Spring Metro 
Center Complex, NOAA Science Center, 1301 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hubard or Steve Leathery, 301-
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 23, 2003, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (68 FR 19974) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take various cetacean species, including endangered 
whales, in the North Atlantic (including the Gulf of Mexico) and 
Mediterranean Sea had been submitted by Dr. Peter Tyack (Biology 
Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, 
Massachusetts, 02453) and that a draft environmental assessment had 
been prepared on the proposed research. Comments on the application 
and/or the draft environmental assessment must be received by May 23, 
2003. NMFS will hold a public meeting to inform interested parties of 
the proposed research and solicit comments on the application and 
accompanying draft environmental assessment.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests 
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be 
directed to Carrie Hubard, 301-713-2289 (voice) or 301-713-0376 (fax), 
at least five days before the scheduled meeting date.

    Dated: May 5, 2003.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-11484 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]
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