[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40920-40921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14962]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 052102D]


Marine Mammals; File No. 116-1662

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, has been issued a permit to import one 
beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) for 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, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, California 90802, (562/980-4000).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 8, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 10681) that a request for a public display 
permit to import one adult male beluga whale 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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).


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    Dated: June 6, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-14962 Filed 6-13-02; 8:45 am]
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