[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35965-35966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12869]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051502D]


Marine Mammals; File Application No. 1004-1656

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Funtime, Inc. d/b/a Six Flags 
Worlds of Adventure, 1060 North Aurora Road, Aurora, OH 44202, has been 
issued a permit to import two killer whales (Orcinus orca) for the 
purposes of public display.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn 
Drive, Glouster, MA, 01930-2298 (978/281-9116).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan, (301/
713-2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 30, 2001, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (66 FR 59781) that a request for a public 
display permit to import two killer whales (Orcinus orca) had been 
submitted by the above-named organization. Based on substantive 
comments received during the initial comment period, additional 
information was requested of the applicant. The comment period was 
reopened on February 25, 2002 (67 FR 8526) and that comment period was 
extended on March 27, 2002 (67 FR 14699). 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.), and the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: May 16, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-12869 Filed 5-21-02; 8:45 am]
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