[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67260-67261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG881


Marine Mammals; File No. 22686

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a permit has been issued to the 
Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo (Bill Zeigler, Responsible 
Party), 3300 Golf Road, Brookfield, IL 60513, to import up to three 
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for public display.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available online at 
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/permit-application-import-3-bottlenose-dolphins-file-no-22686-chicago-zoological-society or upon 
written request to the Permits and Conservation Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910; phone: (301) 427-8401; fax: (301) 713-0376.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore and Courtney Smith; 
phone: (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 19, 2019, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (84 FR 10044) that a request for a public display 
permit had been submitted by the above-named applicant. 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 and importing of marine mammals (50 
CFR part 216).

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    The permit authorizes the importation of three captive born 
bottlenose dolphins from Dolphin Quest Bermuda to either the Brookfield 
Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois or Coral World Ocean Park in St. Thomas, 
U.S. Virgin Islands for the purpose of public display. The permit 
expires on December 1, 2024, or upon the importation of all three 
dolphins, whichever occurs first.
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the 
activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

    Dated: December 4, 2019.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-26476 Filed 12-6-19; 8:45 am]
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