[Federal Register: October 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 196)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090299B]

 
Marine Mammals; File No. 684-1458-01

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

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 28, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 40835) that an amendment of Permit No. 684-
1458, issued August 7, 1998 (63 FR 43914), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. The requested amendment has been granted 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).
    The Permit, as amended, authorizes the Holder to capture and tag up 
to 400 female and 300 male, and tissue and blood sample 200 female and 
180 pup Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) per season.

    Dated: October 4, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-26544 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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