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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 080306C]
Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species; National Marine Fisheries
Service File No. 493–1848; U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service File No. MA130062
AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Darlene R. Ketten, Ph.D., Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology
Department, MRF- Room 233, MS 50,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 has applied in
due form for a permit from NMFS and
FWS to take parts from species of
marine mammals for purposes of
scientific research.
DATES: Written or telefaxed comments
must be received on or before
September 27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The application request 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) 427–2521;
Northeast Region, NMFS, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930–2298; phone (978) 281–9200; fax
(978) 281–9371; and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Division of Management Authority,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700,
Arlington, VA 22203; phone (800) 358–
2104; fax (703) 358–2281.
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Written comments or requests for a
public hearing on this application
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 this 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 e-mail comments is
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include
in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: File No. 493–1848/
MA130062.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails, Office
of Protected Resources, NMFS, (301)
713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is 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
parts 18 and 216), the Fur Seal Act of
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et
seq.), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 17 and 222–226).
Dr. Ketten is requesting a permit for
the possession and worldwide import/
export of marine mammal and
endangered species parts from the
orders of Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises
and whales), Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions
and walrus), Carnivora (sea otter,
Enhydra lutris, and polar bear, Ursus
maritimus) and Sirenia (dugongs and
manatees). Whole carcasses, heads, or
temporal bones (ears) are requested from
stranded animals that die prior to
beaching, are euthanized upon
stranding, or which die in captivity. No
animals would be taken or killed for the
purpose of this research.
The research proposed by Dr. Ketten
utilizes three-dimensional analyses of
aquatic mammals ears to generate
estimates of auditory sensitivity, seeking
to determine how structural elements of
these ears contribute to underwater
hearing. Mathematical models and
three-dimensional reconstructions of
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head and ear anatomy are produced
from whole carcasses, heads, or
temporal bones from animals that strand
and die or die in captivity. The tissues
are scanned by CT (Computerized
Tomography) and MRI (Magnetic
Resonance Imaging) and the ears are
decalcified, sectioned, digitized, and
reconstructed. Measurements from these
reconstructions are used to calculate
frequency distribution maps for each
species examined. These inner ear
models have provided the first evidence
of acute infrasonic hearing in some
species, new insights into how marine
mammals achieve extreme infra and
also ultrasonic hearing, and estimates of
species specific hearing curves. A
permit is requested for a period of 5
years.
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
activities proposed are 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: August 22, 2006.
Charlie R. Chandler,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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Dated: August 22, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
[I.D. 080306C]
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries
Service File No. 493-1848; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No.
MA130062
AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Darlene R. Ketten, Ph.D.,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, MRF- Room
233, MS 50, Woods Hole, MA 02543 has applied in due form for a permit
from NMFS and FWS to take parts from species of marine mammals for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before
September 27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The application request 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) 427-2521;
Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978) 281-9200; fax (978) 281-9371; and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, VA 22203; phone (800)
358-2104; fax (703) 358-2281.
Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application 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 this 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 e-mail comments is NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include in the
subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier:
File No. 493-1848/MA130062.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is 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 parts 18 and 216), the Fur Seal
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 17 and 222-226).
Dr. Ketten is requesting a permit for the possession and worldwide
import/export of marine mammal and endangered species parts from the
orders of Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises and whales), Pinnipedia (seals,
sea lions and walrus), Carnivora (sea otter, Enhydra lutris, and polar
bear, Ursus maritimus) and Sirenia (dugongs and manatees). Whole
carcasses, heads, or temporal bones (ears) are requested from stranded
animals that die prior to beaching, are euthanized upon stranding, or
which die in captivity. No animals would be taken or killed for the
purpose of this research.
The research proposed by Dr. Ketten utilizes three-dimensional
analyses of aquatic mammals ears to generate estimates of auditory
sensitivity, seeking to determine how structural elements of these ears
contribute to underwater hearing. Mathematical models and three-
dimensional reconstructions of
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head and ear anatomy are produced from whole carcasses, heads, or
temporal bones from animals that strand and die or die in captivity.
The tissues are scanned by CT (Computerized Tomography) and MRI
(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and the ears are decalcified, sectioned,
digitized, and reconstructed. Measurements from these reconstructions
are used to calculate frequency distribution maps for each species
examined. These inner ear models have provided the first evidence of
acute infrasonic hearing in some species, new insights into how marine
mammals achieve extreme infra and also ultrasonic hearing, and
estimates of species specific hearing curves. A permit is requested for
a period of 5 years.
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 activities proposed are 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: August 22, 2006.
Charlie R. Chandler,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Dated: August 22, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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