[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 103 (Thursday, May 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 30287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051804A]


Marine Mammals; File Nos. 226-1752 and 116-1742

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

ACTION: Issuance of permits.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the following public display 
permits have been issued: Theater of the Sea, 84721 Overseas Highway, 
Islamorada, FL 33036 (File No. 226-1752) for the importation of one 
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Sea World, Inc., 7007 Sea 
World Drive, Orlando, FL 32821 (File No. 116-1742) for the importation 
of one beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas).

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; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376;
    File No. 116-1742: Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., 
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562)980-4001; fax 
(562)980-4018; and
    File No. 226-1752: Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center 
Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; phone (727)570-5301; fax 
(727)570-5320.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 16, 2004, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (69 FR 20602) that a request for a public display 
permit to import one adult, male bottlenose dolphin had been submitted 
by Theater of the Sea and a request for a public display permit to 
import one adult, female beluga whale had been submitted by Sea World, 
Inc. The requested permits have 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 21, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-12056 Filed 5-26-04; 8:45 am]
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