[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 25150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 042405B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 800-1664

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

ACTION: Notice; denial of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for a major amendment to 
Scientific Research Permit Number 800-1664, submitted by Dr. Randall 
Davis, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, for takes of Steller sea 
lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska, has been denied.

ADDRESSES: The application 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)427-2521; and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 4, 2005, a notice was published in 
the Federal Register (70 FR 17072) that an application had been filed 
by the above named individual. The requested permit amendment has been 
denied and the subject permit revoked pursuant to the terms of an 
agreement with NOAA in settlement of a Notice of Violation and 
Assessment and Notice of Permit Sanction.

    Dated: April 24, 2006.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-6445 Filed 4-27-06; 8:45 am]
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