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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 96 / Thursday, May 19, 2005 / Notices
Receipt of applications for
permits.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
three applicants have applied in due
form for a permit for scientific research
on marine mammals.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments on the new applications must
be received on or before June 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The applications and
related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment (See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION).
Written comments or requests for a
public hearing on these applications
should be mailed to the Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should
set forth the specific reasons why a
hearing on the particular request would
be appropriate. Comments may also be
submitted by facsimile at (301)427–
2521, provided the facsimile is
confirmed by hard copy submitted by
mail and postmarked no later than the
closing date of the comment period.
Comments may also be submitted by
e-mail. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include
in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: File No. 116–1786, 715–1792,
or 978–1791.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Sloan or Tammy Adams, 301/713–
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permits are requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 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 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), the regulations governing the
taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR 222–227), and the Fur Seal Act of
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et
seq.).
Applications for Permits
File No. 116–1786: Sea World, Inc.,
7007 Sea World Dr., Orlando, Florida
32821 (Principal Investigator: Dudley
Wigdahl) proposes to continue the longterm maintenance of eight nonreleasable female Hawaiian monk seals
(Monachus schauinslandi) at Sea World
San Antonio. Proposed enhancement
activities include increased public
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awareness through an education
program that includes public
educational exhibit lectures, public
display of the seals with graphic panels
around the monk seal exhibit, and
collection of husbandry samples, which
would provide information on the
biology of the species. Animals would
have the following husbandry
procedures performed for health
monitoring purposes: weight
measurements taken, blood sampling,
fecal and urine sampling, and medical
cultures taken. No research is proposed
at this time. The applicant has requested
a 5-year permit.
File No. 715–1792: Andrew W. Trites,
Ph.D., Marine Mammal Research Unit,
Fisheries Centre, University of British
Columbia, Room 18, Hut B–3, 6248
Biological Sciences Road, Vancouver,
B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 requests a permit
to conduct research on northern fur
seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in Alaska.
The proposed project involves the
deployment of three types of electronic
tags on up to 35 adult female northern
fur seals from St. Paul Island, Alaska
over a 3–year period to gather fine scale
foraging data needed to identify critical
habitat and assess the extent of spatial
overlap with commercial fisheries. Data
gathered from the simultaneous
deployment of all three devices will also
be used to develop analytical
procedures to enhance the
interpretation of existing foraging data.
The applicant has requested a 3–year
permit.
File No. 978–1791: Paul E. Nachtigall,
Ph.D., Marine Mammal Research
Program Hawaii Institute of Marine
Biology, P.O. Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii
96734, seeks a permit to conduct
hearing measurements on stranded
whales and dolphins that are under
veterinary care in a rehabilitation
center. Results of this work would shed
insight into the nature of strandings that
may be caused by man-made sounds.
These results could also be used as a
medical diagnostic tool to determine
how well an individual animal can hear
and thus help with decisions made
about the potential for a stranded
animal to be released and its survival in
the wild. The applicant would use
auditory brainstem response recordings
with non-invasive suction cup sensors
on up to 15 individuals of certain
species of cetaceans in the U.S. These
types of recordings are routinely used to
measure the hearing of human infants
within the first weeks of life, do not
represent a risk to whales and dolphins,
and would expand knowledge about
cetacean hearing to assist in the
conservation of these species. The
applicant has requested a 5–year permit.
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Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of these
applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
The applications and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following locations:
All documents: Permits, Conservation
and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713–
2289; fax (301)427–2521;
File No. 715–1792: Alaska Region,
NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802–1668; phone (907)586–7221; fax
(907)586–7249;
File No. 978–1791: Pacific Islands
Region, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd.,
Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–4700;
phone (808)973–2935; fax (808)973–
2941; and
File No. 116–1786: Southeast Region,
NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–2432;
phone (727)570–5301; fax (727)570–
5320.
Dated: May 12, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), 301
Railway Avenue, Seward, AK 99664,
(Anne Hoover-Miller, Principal
Investigator) has been issued a permit to
conduct research on harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina) in rehabilitation at the ASLC.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and
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Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone
(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Sloan or Ruth Johnson, (301)713–
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 29, 2004, notice was
published in the Federal Register (69
FR 77997) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take the species
identified above had been submitted by
the above-named organization. The
requested permit has been issued 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).
This permit authorizes researchers to
study growth, development, and health
of harbor seals throughout their
residency in the ASLC Rehabilitation
Program. In addition to conducting
standard rehabilitation practices,
researchers will collect blood, fecal, and
urine samples; collect body composition
measurements using bioelectrical
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impedance and deuterium oxide;
perform sodium bromide, Evan’s blue
dye, and nitrogen administration
followed by post-administration blood
samples; conduct assimilation efficiency
experiments to study metabolic
development; and collect blubber
biopsies to study fatty acid composition
and contaminant loads. The permit has
been issued for a five-year period.
Dated: May 16, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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This is published to fulfill the
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Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996.
Ms.
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The following is a copy of a letter to
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and Sensitivity of Technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Dated: May 13, 2005.
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Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051605A]
Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1758
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), 301
Railway Avenue, Seward, AK 99664, (Anne Hoover-Miller, Principal
Investigator) has been issued a permit to conduct research on harbor
seals (Phoca vitulina) in rehabilitation at the ASLC.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and
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Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone
(907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan or Ruth Johnson, (301)713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 29, 2004, notice was published
in the Federal Register (69 FR 77997) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take the species identified above had been submitted
by the above-named organization. The requested permit has been issued
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).
This permit authorizes researchers to study growth, development,
and health of harbor seals throughout their residency in the ASLC
Rehabilitation Program. In addition to conducting standard
rehabilitation practices, researchers will collect blood, fecal, and
urine samples; collect body composition measurements using
bioelectrical impedance and deuterium oxide; perform sodium bromide,
Evan's blue dye, and nitrogen administration followed by post-
administration blood samples; conduct assimilation efficiency
experiments to study metabolic development; and collect blubber
biopsies to study fatty acid composition and contaminant loads. The
permit has been issued for a five-year period.
Dated: May 16, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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