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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <results>
3 <summaries>
4
5 <summary>
6 <p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
7 <p type="1">Notice is hereby given of the following actions regarding
8 permits for takes of marine mammal species for the purposes of
9 scientific research:</p>
10 <p type="1">
11 NMFS has received a permit application from:
12 <applicant>Ocean Alliance/Whale Conservation Institute</applicant>
13 , 191 Weston Road,
14 <applicant_location woeId="2439449" type="Town"
15 name="Lincoln, MA, US">Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773</applicant_location>
16 (
17 <applicant>Dr. Roger S. Payne</applicant>
18 , Principal Investigator) (Application No. 751-1614-00); NMFS has
19 received applications for permit amendments from:; NMFS, National
20 Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., BIN C15700,
21 <applicant_location woeId="12798958" type="Zip"
22 name="98115, Seattle, WA, US">Seattle, WA 98115-0070</applicant_location>
23 (Permit No. 782-532-00)); and
24 <applicant>Dr. Peter L. Tyack</applicant>
25 , Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
26 <applicant_location woeId="12758881" type="Zip"
27 name="02543, Woods Hole, MA, US">Woods Hole, MA 02543</applicant_location>
28 (Permit No. 981-1578).
29 </p>
30 </summary>
31 </summaries>
32 <supplementary_information>
33
34 <supplInfo>
35 <p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
36 <p type="1">The subject application and permit amendments are requested
37 under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
38 amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq .), the Regulations Governing
39 the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the
40 Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et
41 seq .), the regulations governing the taking, importing, and
42 exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226), and
43 the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq. )</p>
44 <p type="2">New Application Received</p>
45 <p type="1">For Application No. 715-1614-00, the applicant requests
46 permission to conduct vessel and aerial surveys, collect tissue
47 samples (sloughed skin and skin and blubber biopsies) from living,
48 free-ranging animals and collect skin, blubber, blood, bone, baleen
49 and other organ tissue samples from dead stranded animals from all
50 age and sex classes of 21 cetacean species in U.S., foreign, and
51 international waters. Tissue samples would be used to quantify
52 toxicant loads and immunochemical responses to these loads to test
53 the hypothesis that there are demonstrable differences between
54 different populations ans species with regard to the levels of toxic
55 compounds present. Genetic analyses would also be performed on
56 samples to investigate the genetic diversity and variability of the
57 population groups sampled. This information would be used to
58 establish a baseline for comparisons with future samples and to
59 assist in making future management and conservation policies.</p>
60 <p type="2">Permit Amendment Requests Received</p>
61 <p type="1">
62 For Permit No. 782-1532-00, the Permit authorizes the Holder to take
63 Steller sea lions (
64 <species_scientific name="Eumetopias jubatus">Eumetopias jubatus
65 </species_scientific>
66 ) for research that involves takes by aerial and ship based surveys
67 biennally, capture and take morphological measurements, collect
68 specimens (blood and biopsy), brand, tag, and disturb during scat
69 collection. The Holder now requests to amend the take authority to
70 conduct aerial surveys each year, include Southeast Alaska in
71 monthly surveys, increase the number of animals to be incidentally
72 harassed during scat collection, allow additional procedures for
73 animal handling such as: using gas anesthesia, branding pups ≥4 mos
74 and juveniles to 3 yrs, injecting Evan’s blue dye and deuterated
75 water, collecting muscle biopsy, using noninvasive bioelectric
76 impedance analysis, increasing blood sample volume, extracting a
77 tooth, and pulling vibrissae. This Permit amendment will improve
78 field techniques and incorporate collaborative efforts of scientists
79 funded under the Steller Sea Lion Research Initiative.
80 </p>
81 <p type="1">
82 For Permit No. 981-1578-00, the Permit authorizes the Holder to tag
83 cetaceans with an advanced digital sound recording tag (DTAG) that
84 can record the acoustic stimuli an animal hears, along with
85 measuring vocal, behavioral, and physiological responses to sound
86 played back at received levels of 120-160 dB re 1 micron Pa. The
87 research was authorized in the Mediterranean and Ligurian Seas and
88 off the coast of the Azores in the North Atlantic. The Holder
89 requests an amendment to increase the source level but not the
90 received level for a whale-finding sonar to 200 dB re 1 micron
91 <research_location woeId="2347597" type="State"
92 name="Pennsylvania, US">Pa</research_location>
93 at 1 m, add playbacks involving exposure to impulse signals from
94 airguns as used in seismic surveys, include one additional baleen
95 whale species and 12 species of Odontocete whale, and extend the
96 study area to include North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
97 </p>
98 <p type="1">In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
99 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq .), an initial determination has been
100 made that the activities proposed are categorically excluded from
101 the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or
102 environmental impact statement.</p>
103 <p type="1">Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the
104 application or amendment requests should be mailed to the Chief,
105 Permits and Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected
106 Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring,
107 MD 20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth
108 the specific reasons why a hearing on these particular requests
109 would be appropriate.</p>
110 <p type="1">Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)
111 713-0376, provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted
112 by mail and postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment
113 period. Please note that comments will not be accepted by e-mail or
114 by other electronic media.</p>
115 <p type="1">Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the
116 Federal Register , NMFS is forwarding copies of thee application and
117 amendment requests to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee
118 of Scientific Advisors.</p>
119 <p type="1">Documents may be reviewed in the following locations:</p>
120 <p type="1">For all permits and permit amendments: Permits and
121 Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315
122 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)
123 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376;</p>
124 <p type="1">For permit 751-1614-00: Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand
125 Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone
126 (206) 526-6150; fax (206) 526-6426;</p>
127 <p type="1">For permits 751-1614-00 and 782-1532-00: Alaska Region,
128 NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone (907) 586-7221;
129 fax (907) 586-7249;</p>
130 <p type="1">For permit 751-1614-00: Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West
131 Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562)
132 980-4001; fax (562) 980-4018;</p>
133 <p type="1">For permits 751-1614-00 and 981-1578-00: Northeast Region,
134 NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298; phone (978)
135 281-9200; fax (978) 281-9371; and</p>
136 <p type="1">For permits 751-1614-00 and 981-1578-00: Southeast Region,
137 NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL
138 33702-2432; phone (727) 570-5301; fax (727) 570-5320.</p>
139 </supplInfo>
140 </supplementary_information>
141 </results>