[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2631-2632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1014]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D.122298B]
Marine Mammals; File No. 116-1477
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 Sea World, Inc., 7007 Sea World
Drive, Orlando, Florida 32821-8097 has been issued a permit to take
Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus schauinslandi, for scientific research
and enhancement purposes.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries
Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213; and
Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, National Marine Fisheries
Service, NOAA, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 19, 1998, notice was published
in the Federal Register (63 FR 64246) that a request for a scientific
research and enhancement permit to take Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus
schauinslandi, 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.), the
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50
CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts
217-227).
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
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policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: January 8, 1999.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-1014 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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