[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11846-11847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6251]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030797B]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 963 (P532B)

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Department of Marine Biology, 
Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77553 has requested 
a amendment to permit No. 963.


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DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request and related documents are available 
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular amendment request 
would be appropriate.
    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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment to permit no. 963, 
issued on June 2, 1995 (60 FR 31450) 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 fish and wildlife (50 
CFR 222.23).
    Permit no. 963 authorizes the permit holder to: capture and release 
up to 40 Steller sea lion pups, 40 adult females and 40 juveniles and 
inadvertently harass up to 1000 in Alaska water.
    The permit holder requests authorization to: increase the number of 
pups by 20 (10 in each of two locations); and include 8 adult males (4 
at each of two locations).

    Dated: March 6, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-6251 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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