[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2631-2632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1014]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D.122298B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 116-1477

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 Sea World, Inc., 7007 Sea World 
Drive, Orlando, Florida 32821-8097 has been issued a permit to take 
Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus schauinslandi, for scientific research 
and 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 November 19, 1998, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (63 FR 64246) 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 under the authority of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 
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

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policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: January 8, 1999.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-1014 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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