# Marine Mammals; File No. 1069-1756
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Receipt of application.
**SUMMARY:**
Notice is hereby given that Dr. Charles W. Powers, The Institute for Responsible Management/CRESP, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, has applied for a permit to conduct scientific research on marine mammals.
**DATES:**
Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or before July 14, 2004.
**ADDRESSES:**
The application and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
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
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone (907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.
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)713-0376, provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period.
Additionally, comments may be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for providing email comments is *[email protected]* . Include File No. 1069-1756 as a document identifier in the subject line of the e-mail comment.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Dr. Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (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.* ), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The applicant requests a permit for the intentional lethal take of 20 harbor seals ( *Phoca vitulina* ) in Alaska to determine the extent of radionuclide release from Amchitka Island and investigate levels of radionuclides in selected tissues of marine mammals from Amchitka Island and a reference site to be determined.
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: June 8, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.