[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41990-41991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16889]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC033
Marine Mammals; File No. 17157
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Stephen John Trumble, Ph.D.,
Baylor University, 101 Bagby Ave, Waco, TX 76706, has applied for an
amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 17157.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before August 18, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
Features box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species home
page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File No. 1715 from
the list of available applications.
These documents are also available upon written request or by
appointment in the Permits and Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
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13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-
0376.
Written comments on this application should be submitted to the
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, at the address listed above.
Comments may also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or by
email to [email protected]. Please include the File No. 17157
in the subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request to the Chief, Permits and Conservation Division at the
address listed above. The request should set forth the specific reasons
why a hearing on this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan, (301)
427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment to Permit No. 17157 is
requested 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226).
Permit No. 17157, issued on July 18, 2012 (77 FR 45592), authorizes
the receipt, import and export of up to 25 earplugs each of blue whale
(Balaenoptera musculus), sei whale (B. borealis), minke whale (B.
acutorostrata), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), and gray whales
(Eschrichtius robustus) annually from museums worldwide for analysis.
The permit holder is requesting the permit be amended to include 25
earplugs annually from bowhead (Balaena mysticetus), fin whale (B.
physalus) and sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus; P. catadon) from
natural history museums as well as from collections in Barrow, Alaska
of bowhead whale subsistence harvests. No takes of live animals are or
would be authorized. The permit expires on July 17, 2017.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: July 14, 2014.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-16889 Filed 7-17-14; 8:45 am]
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