[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57404-57405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 090302B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 112-1684

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 Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, 
5400 North Pearl Street, Tacoma, Washington 98407, has been issued a 
permit to import one harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) 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, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NOAA Fisheries, 7600 Sand

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Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone (206) 
526-6150; fax (206) 526-6426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Jill Lewandowski, 
(301) 713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 12, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 46180) that a request for a public display 
permit to import one female harbor seal 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, (16 U.S.C. 
1361 et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing 
of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: September 4, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-22923 Filed 9-9-02; 8:45 am]
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