[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32993-32994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13316]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D.060704G]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1069-1756

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

ACTION:  Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Dr. Charles W. Powers, The 
Institute for Responsible Management/CRESP, Robert Wood Johnson Medical 
School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, has applied for a permit to 
conduct scientific research on marine mammals.

DATES:  Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before July 14, 2004.

ADDRESSES:  The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    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.
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 
Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 
East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons 
why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
    Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)713-0376, 
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the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and 
postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period.
    Additionally, comments may be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox 
address for providing email comments is [email protected]. 
Include File No. 1069-1756 as a document identifier in the subject line 
of the e-mail comment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant requests a permit for the intentional lethal take of 
20 harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Alaska to determine the extent of 
radionuclide release from Amchitka Island and investigate levels of 
radionuclides in selected tissues of marine mammals from Amchitka 
Island and a reference site to be determined.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

    Dated: June 8, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-13316 Filed 6-10-04; 8:45 am]
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