[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49956-49957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17919]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA444


Marine Mammals; File No. 14245

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, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., 
Seattle, WA 98115-6349, (Dr. John Bengtson, Responsible Party), has 
been issued a minor amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 14245-
03.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Hapeman or Carrie Hubard, (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. 14245), issued on April 25, 2011 (76 FR 
30309) authorized the holder to conduct research in the Pacific, 
Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans on 33 species of cetaceans, including 
vessel and aerial

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surveys for remote observation and monitoring, marking, biological 
sampling, and/or tagging, and captures for two species with subsequent 
sampling and tagging activities through May 1, 2016. The minor 
amendment (No. 14245-04) extends the duration of the permit through May 
1, 2017, but does not change any other terms or conditions of the 
permit.

    Dated: July 25, 2016.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-17919 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am]
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