[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-4826]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Receipt of Application(s) for Permit

    The public is invited to comment on the following application(s) 
for permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
application(s) was/were submitted to satisfy requirements of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 
the regulations governing marine mammals (50 CFR 18).
    File No. PRT-786616.
    Applicant: Marine World Africa USA, Vallejo, CA.
    Type of Permit: Take for public display.
    Name and Number of Animals: Up to 6--Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus).
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests a 
permit to take (permanently remove) from the wild up to 6 young walrus 
(2 males and 4 females less than 2 years of age) that are orphaned 
during Native Alaskan subsistence hunting in Alaska. Animals will be 
flown to Marine World Africa USA for public display purposes.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Wild walruses 
located in Alaskan waters near St. Lawrence Island, Little Diomede 
Island, King Island and the Barrow/Wainwright region.
    Period of Activity: From 1994 through 1999.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Office of Management Authority is forwarding copies of 
this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committee of 
Scientific Advisors for their review.
    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
application, or requests for a public hearing on this application 
should be submitted to the Director, Office of Management Authority 
(OMA), 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., room 432, Arlington, VA 22203 and must be 
received by the Director within 30 days of the date of publication of 
this notice. Anyone requesting a hearing should give specific reasons 
why a hearing would be appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at 
the discretion of the Director.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request for 
a copy of such documents to the following office within 30 days of the 
date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Office of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, room 420(c), 
Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-2281).
Margaret Tieger,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-4826 Filed 3-2-94; 8:45 am]
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