[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 68247] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-32900] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 112398H] Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1443
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Action
Issuance of permit amendment.
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Summary
Notice is hereby given that Permit No. 881-1443, issued to the Alaska SeaLife Center, P.O. Box 1329, Seward, AK 99664, was amended.
Addresses
The amendment and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices: Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/ 713-2289); and Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221).
For Further Information Contact
Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713- 2289.
Supplementary Information
The subject amendment has been issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of 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 provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222). Permit No. 881-1443, Project No. I authorizes the Alaska SeaLife Center to assess nutritional physiology, metabolic development, and clinical health under captive conditions of six harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and three Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Project II authorizes you to conduct stable isotope and lipid metabolism studies on the harbor seals. Condition A.2.i. currently authorizes controlled dietary studies. As a component of this condition, this amendment (Project No. III) now authorizes the Holder to: (1) conduct a two-week fasting study on the Steller sea lions; (2) increase the frequency of blood-sampling during this period from one to three per week (previously authorized in Condition A.2.d.); and (3) inject D2O two times during this two-week period (previously authorized in A.2.g.). Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: November 25, 1998. Ann D. Terbush, Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 98-32900 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F