# Marine Mammals; File No. 112-1684
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Issuance of permit.
**SUMMARY:**
Notice is hereby given that Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, 5400 North Pearl Street, Tacoma, Washington 98407, has been issued a permit to import one harbor seal ( *Phoca vitulina richardsi* ) for purposes 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, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376; and
Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NOAA Fisheries, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone (206) 526-6150; fax (206) 526-6426.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jennifer Skidmore or Jill Lewandowski, (301) 713-2289.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On July 12, 2002, notice was published in the *Federal Register* (67 FR 46180) that a request for a public display permit to import one female harbor seal 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, (16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.* ), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
Dated: September 4, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.