[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-840]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit for marine mammals.

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SUMMARY: The following permits were issued.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted for these 
applications are 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 September 10, 2002, a notice was 
published in the Federal Register (67 FR 57445), that an application 
had been filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Ken Vorisek for a 
permit (PRT-061106) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport 
hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear population, Canada, 
for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on December 13, 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 issued the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On October 7, 2002, a notice was published in the Federal Register 
(67 FR 62490), that an application had been filed with the Fish and 
Wildlife Service by James Leroy Scull, Jr. for a permit (PRT-061116) to 
import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted from the Lancaster 
Sound polar bear population, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on December 12, 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 issued the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

    Dated: December 20, 2002.
Charles S. Hamilton,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management 
Authority.
[FR Doc. 03-840 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
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