[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12649]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051203B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1004-1656

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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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 an amendment to public display Permit No. 1004-1656-00 to extend 
the expiration date through May 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978)281-9200; fax (978)281-9371.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 22, 2002, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 35965) that Permit No. 1004-1656-00 had been 
issued to Funtime, Inc. d/b/a Six Flags Worlds of Adventure to import 
two killer whales, one adult female from Marineland S.A., Antibes, 
France and one adult male from Mundo Marino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 
for the purposes of public display. This permit amendment extends the 
duration of the permit from May 16, 2003, to May 16, 2004. The 
requested permit amendment 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 13, 2003.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-12649 Filed 5-19-03; 8:45 am]
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