[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2408]


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[Federal Register: February 3, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Application for Public Display Permit, Aqua Circus of Cape Cod 
Limited Partnership (P23D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an applicant has applied in due 
form for a permit to obtain the care and custody of marine mammals as 
authorized by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of 
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
1. Applicant: Aqua Circus of Cape Cod Limited Partnership, dba 
ZooQuarium, 674 Route 28, West Yarmouth, MA 02673.
2. Type of Permit: Public Display.
3. Number and Name of Animals: 
    Two California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) from captive 
stock.

    The applicant requests authorization to obtain permanent custody of 
two California sea lions from captive stock for the purposes of public 
display at ZooQuarium.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this 
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be submitted to the Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Silver Spring, MD 
20910, within 30 days of the publication of this notice. Those 
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons 
why a hearing on this particular application would be appropriate. The 
holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of the Assistant 
Administrator for Fisheries.
    Documents submitted in connection with the above application are 
available for review, by appointment, in the following offices:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1315 East-
West Highway, room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive, 
Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281-9200);
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9450 Koger Blvd., St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702 (813/893-3141);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016); and
Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., BIN 
C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).

    Dated: January 27, 1994.

Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-2408 Filed 2-2-94; 8:45 am]
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