[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-3848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Receipt of Applications for Permit

    The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.):

PRT-702631

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Regional Director, Region 
1.

    Applicant requests amendment to their current permit to include 
take activities for: Callippe silverspot butterfly (Speyeria callippe 
callippe), Behren's silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene beherensii) 
and Alameda whipsnake (Masicophis lateralis euryxanthus) for the 
purpose of scientific research and enhancement of propagation or 
survival, if or when they become Federally protected as endangered or 
threatened by the Endangered Species Act.

PRT-784974

Applicant: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit to export eight captive-bred 
Cotton-top tamarins to (Saguinus oedipus) to Columbia, South America, 
for the purpose scientific research aimed at the conservation of the 
species.

PRT-786485

Applicant: Dr. Charles Bechert II, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy 
of one male bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas) culled from the captive 
herd maintained by H.Z. Kock, ``Verborgenfontein'', Merriman, Republic 
of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of survival of the 
species.

PRT-784254

Applicant: AAZPA SSP for Black Rhino, Brownsville, TX.

    The applicant requests a permit to import two captive-held Black 
rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) from Zimbabwe to enhance the 
propagation or survival of the species through captive-breeding. These 
rhinos were wild-caught during a rhino conservation translocation 
operation undertaken by Zimbabwe's Department of National Parks and 
Wildlife.

PRT-786600

Applicant: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Long 
Beach, CA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import 50 dead specimens of the 
following sea turtle species: green (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill 
(Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), olive 
ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta), for 
biometrics, necropsy, and analysis of stomach contents to enhance the 
propagation and survival of the species.

PRT-784960

Applicant: Dr. Kenneth Counts, Vilonia, AR.

    The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce 
3 captive-bred San Francisco Garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis 
tetrataenia) from Lloyd Lemke, Visalia, California to enhance the 
propagation or survival of the species through captive-breeding.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Director, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, room 432, Arlington, Virginia 22203 and must be received 
by the Director within 30 days of the date of this publication.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written 
request for a copy of such documents to the following office within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, room 
420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/
358-2281).

    Dated: February 15, 1994.
Susan Jacobsen,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-3848 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
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