[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 37000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15103]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XB16


Marine Mammals; File No. 814-1899

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 North Slope Borough Department 
of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 69, Barrow, AK 99723 [Taqulik Hepa, 
Responsible Party; Dr. John C. George, Principal Investigator], has 
been issued a minor amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 814-
1899.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 
phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907) 586-7221; fax (907) 586-7249.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Morse or Amy Sloan, (301) 427-
8401.

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.), the regulations governing the taking 
and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
    The original permit (No. 814-1899), issued on July 18, 2007 (72 FR 
40285), authorized the collection and receipt of parts from subsistence 
caught bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), ringed seal (Phoca hispida), 
spotted seal (Phoca larga), ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata), bowhead whale 
(Balaena mysticetus), beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), minke whale 
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in 
Alaska for the purposes of health related analyses through July 1, 
2012. The minor amendment (No. 814-1899-04) extends the duration of the 
permit through July 1, 2013. No other terms or conditions of the permit 
changed as a result of this amendment.

    Dated: June 14, 2012.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-15103 Filed 6-19-12; 8:45 am]
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