[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6489]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 022396E]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of modification request for scientific research permit 
no. 868 (P539).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Norihisa Baba, National Research 
Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424, Japan, has requested a 
modification to permit no. 868 to take the marine mammals listed below 
for the purpose of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The modification request and related documents are available 
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice. Those individuals requesting a 
hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this 
particular request would be appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this 
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to permit no. 868, 
issued on July 19, 1993, (58 FR 39525) is requested under the authority 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.), the Regulation Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine 
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq. and fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
    The permit holder seeks authorization to capture, tag, mark, and 
collect tissue samples from northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in 
Alaska in June through August 1999. This request would extend the 
permit from the Modification 1 expiration date of September 30, 1996 
until September 30, 1999.

    Dated: March 6, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-6489 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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