[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30087-30088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10457]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050605C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1042-1736

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 Animal Training and Research, 
International, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing 
Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, (Jenifer Hurley, Ph.D., Principal 
Investigator) has been issued a permit to obtain up to four stranded, 
releasable California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and up to two 
stranded, releasable Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) for the 
purpose 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, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)427-2521; and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562)980-4001; fax (562)980-4018.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 18, 2004, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (69 FR 12836) that a request for a public display 
permit to obtain up to four stranded, releasable California sea lions 
and up to two stranded, releasable Pacific harbor seals 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, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations 
Governing the Taking

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and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The NOAA environmental review procedure provides that public 
display permits are generally categorically excluded from the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
requirements to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) or 
environmental impact statement (EIS). However, because of the public 
interest and comments on this application during the public comment 
period, NMFS determined that an EA was warranted. An EA was prepared on 
the issuance of the proposed permit, resulting in a finding of no 
significant impact.

    Dated: May 19, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-10457 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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