[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-124]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XM55


Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1708

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the NMFS National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, Seattle, WA has been issued a minor amendment to Scientific 
Research Permit No. 782-1708-04.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office:
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammy Adams or Kate Swails, (301)713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted 
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).
    The original permit (No. 782-1708), issued on August 23, 2003 (68 
FR 53967) and valid through December 31, 2008, authorized research on 
northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) of the San Miguel Islands 
Stock at San Miguel Island, California, and of the Eastern North 
Pacific Stock at Bogoslof Island and the Pribilof Islands in Alaska. 
The permit was subsequently amended four times to modify methods and 
take numbers. The minor amendment (No. 782-1708-05) extends the 
duration of the permit through December 31, 2009, and does not change 
any other terms or conditions of the permit.

    Dated: January 2, 2009.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-124 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]
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