[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 48888-48889] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-23768] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [I.D. 083096A] Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P617)
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Interior.
Action
Receipt of application.
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Summary
Notice is hereby given that Dr. Madonna L. Moss, 1218 Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403- 1218, has applied in due form for a permit to take marine mammals for purposes of scientific research.
Dates
Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 1996.
Addresses
The application and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations). 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 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 permit 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.), the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222) and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). The applicant requests a permit to salvage carcasses to be processed to obtain osteological specimens (bones and teeth) for the comparative collection of animal bones in the Department of Antropology. Samples from the following species will be obtained from beached/ stranded animals or carcasses left behind by Native Alaskan subsistence hunters: Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Guadelupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi), Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), Ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata), Ringed seal (Phoca hispida), Larga (spotted) seal (Phoca largha), Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and Sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Specimens will be salvaged from carcasses in the Alexander Archipelago of southeast Alaska, Nunivak Island, Alaska, the coast of Oregon, and the California Channel Islands. The application and related documents may be reviewed at the following locations: Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East- West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Director, NMFS, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802- 1668 (907/586-7221); Director, NMFS, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and Director, NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 432, Arlington, VA 22203 (1-800/358-2104).
Dated: September 9, 1996. Ann D. Terbush, Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: September 9, 1996. Margaret Tieger, Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 96-23768 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F