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Marine Mammals; File No. 684-1458

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 [Federal Register: June 7, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 110)]
[Notices]
[Page 36120-36121]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 052600A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 684-1458

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 Dr. Donald Siniff, University of
Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 100 Ecology
Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108 has requested an
amendment to scientific research Permit No. 684-1458.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before July
7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request and related documents are available
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following
office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802 (562/980-4001).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this request
should be submitted to the Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,
F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315

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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.
    Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301) 713-0376,
provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and
postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period. Please
note that comments will not be accepted by e-mail or other electronic
media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Simona Roberts or Ruth Johnson, 301/
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment to Permit No. 684-
1458, issued on August 17, 1998 (63 FR 43914) is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    Permit No. 684-1458 authorizes the permit holder to capture, tag,
sample, and lavage Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) of all age
and sex classes on McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic. The permit holder
requests authorization to place VHF transmitters on adult female
Weddell seals, and apply a series of instrument packages that contain:
a 3MPDT logger (3-dimensional, magnetic data recorder), DSL (digital
still camera), DU (ultrasonic depth sounder), PD2GT (speed,
acceleration, depth, and temperature recorder) and ECG
(electrocardiogram monitor) to male and female Weddell seals of all age
classes. For attachment of the instrument package, the permit holder
requests authorization to anesthetize seals with the drug Sevoflurane.
The permit holder also requests an increase in the number of adult
female Weddell seals captured (400 to 500), the number of adult male
Weddell seals fitted with VHF transmitters (30 to 100) and the number
of Weddell seal pups fitted with satellite-linked radio transmitters
and the PD2GT and ECG instruments (20 to 50).
    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: May 31, 2000.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-14363 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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