[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39073-39074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19393]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061898E]


Marine Mammals; File No. 898-1451

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Attractions Hawaii, d.b.a. Sea 
Life Park, P.O. Box 1060, Pacific Davies Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96808 
has been issued a permit to take Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus 
schauinslandi, for enhancement purposes.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213; and Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 28, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 23276) that a request for a scientific 
research and enhancement permit to take Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus 
schauinslandi, had been submitted by the above-named organization. The 
requested permit has been issued for enhancement purposes only under 
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

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Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 
217-227).
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: July 13, 1998.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-19393 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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