[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 14424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6644]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XS13


Marine Mammals; File No. 87-1743

AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice; issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., Long 
Marine Laboratory, University of California at Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer 
Road, Santa Cruz, California 95060, has been issued an amendment to 
Scientific Research Permit No. 87-1743-05.

ADDRESSES:  The amendment 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
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562) 980-4001; fax (562) 980-4018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Amy Sloan or Tammy Adams, (301) 713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).
    Permit No. 87-1743-05, issued on September 29, 2009 (74 FR 56999), 
authorized long-term behavioral, physiological, and life history 
research studies on northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) 
through September 30, 2010. This amendment (Permit No. 87-1743-06) 
authorizes the permit holder to increase the number of weaned pups 
weighed, measured, and tagged in order to study the effects of a 
current El Ni[ntilde]o event. This amendment has been issued prior to 
close of the public comment period for the application (75 FR 13257), 
pursuant to 50 CFR 216.33(e)(6). NMFS has determined that the unique 
climate conditions related to an El Ni[ntilde]o event represent a 
unique research opportunity to study climactic effects on northern 
elephant seals.

    Dated: March 19, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-6644 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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