[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 36064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15322]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XM26
Marine Mammals; File No. 14186
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 Sea World LLC, 9205 South Park
Center Loop, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32819 [Brad Andrews, Responsible
Party] has been issued an enhancement permit to maintain non-releasable
stranded Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi).
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; 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 December 19, 2008, notice was published
in the Federal Register (73 FR 77630) that a request for a permit to
conduct enhancement on the species identified above had been submitted
by the above-named applicant. The requested permit has been issued
under the authority of 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 and threatened species
(50 CFR parts 222-226). Additional authorization is provided pursuant
to sections 109(h) and 112(c) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
Permit No. 14186 authorizes Sea World LLC to maintain up to six (6)
non-releasable stranded Guadalupe fur seals over a five-year period.
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.
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 such endangered species; and (3) is
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Dated: June 18, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-15322 Filed 6-23-10; 8:45 am]
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