[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6755]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030507C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 373-1868

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that the Point Reyes Bird Observatory 
(PRBO) Conservation Science (Dr. William J. Sydeman, Responsible 
Party), 3820 Cypress Drive,  11 Petaluma, CA 94954 has been 
issued a permit to conduct scientific research on pinnipeds in 
California.

ADDRESSES:  The permit 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)427-2521; 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: Jaclyn Daly or Amy Sloan, (301)713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 2006, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (71 FR 64943) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), 
northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), California sea lions 
(Zalophus californianus), and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) 
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).
    A permit has been issued to PRBO to conduct scientific research on 
pinnipeds. A maximum of 300 harbor seals and 3,050 elephant seals will 
be captured or handled per year over a five year period, and an 
estimated 300 elephant seals, 5,150 harbor seals, 600 California sea 
lions, and five northern fur seals per year will be incidentally 
disturbed during pinniped research operations.
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the 
activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

    Dated: April 4, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-6755 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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