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Hawaii State Association of Counties <br />Counties of Kauai, Maui and Hawaii, City 8. County of Honolulu <br />~-E1 <br />The Honorable Mel Rapozo, President <br />Hawaii~~~ssociation of Counties <br />4396 F~r€teet <br />~` : Lihue,.Hau~ai'96766-1371 <br />Dear President Rapozo <br />r ~ <br />E <br />Official Action Taken ~ ~,_,;.3 <br />Approval By Executive Committee <br />Meeting of October 20, 2008 <br />>,=~-;_t <br />Pursuant to Section 20 of the..,_'IaYVS of the Hawaii State Association of Counties <br />(HSAC), which requires a report of e ~~Ficial action-taken, the following reports on <br />the approval of the RESOLUTION IN StJPPORT.QF<~'~11=;;.RECOVERY OF THE <br />HAWAII STATE MAMMAL, THE CRITICALLY EN[7AN'rfZED.,E.NDEMIC HAWAIIAN <br />MONK SEAL. <br />The Executive Committee finds that the Hawaiian monk se?t~s <br />endangered and endemic to the waters off the Hawaiian IslaisKis.'fcAonk <br />protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Speci <br />also Hawaii's official state mammal. The Executive Committee finds th< <br />protection effective the federal and state governments must adequately <br />programs designed to protect the Hawaiian monk seal. <br />The Executive Committee has agreed and approved a resolutii <br />recovery of the Hawaiian monk seal, and requesting that the federal g <br />the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Plan with $7 million and the state c <br />the Main Hawaiian Island Monk Seal Response Plan and Incidental T <br />million. <br />• l <br />-~ OCS/111008/11:14/CT <br />seals are <br />Ve truly ou , <br />NESTOR GARCIA, Secretary <br />Hawaii State Association of <br />Counties <br />and are <br />lke this <br />[e;::. <br />-v_..;__..._ . <br />ItlAt¢ <br />~~`s ' <br />~rxth~+1 <br />r~.,{~.;. ,.. . . <br />