[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58629-58630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23516]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Denial of Permit for Marine Mammals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of denial of permit for marine mammals.

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SUMMARY: The following permits were denied.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted for these 
applications is available for review by any party who submits a written 
request to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management 
Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 
22203; fax (703) 358-2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Division of Management Authority, 
telephone 703/358-2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 2001, a notice was published in 
the

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Federal Register (66 FR 32635), that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Aquamarine Fukushima, Iwaki, Japan, 
for a permit (PRT-020575) to take from the wild and export to Japan one 
male and two female northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris lutris) for 
public display purposes. On August 14, 2001, a notice was published in 
the Federal Register (66 FR 42677), re-opening this application for 
public comment.
    Notice is hereby given that on July 26, 2002, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service denied the requested 
permit.
    On June 15, 2001, a notice was published in the Federal Register 
(66 FR 32635), that an application had been filed with the Fish and 
Wildlife Service by Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquairium, Ibaraki, 
Japan, for a permit (PRT-043001) to take from the wild and export to 
Japan one male and four female northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris 
lutris) for public display purposes. On August 14, 2001, a notice was 
published in the Federal Register (66 FR 42677), re-opening this 
application for public comment.
    Notice is hereby given that on July 26, 2002, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service denied the requested 
permit.

    Dated: August 2, 2002.
Monica Farris,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management 
Authority.
[FR Doc. 02-23516 Filed 9-16-02; 8:45 am]
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