[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-12663]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Receipt of Application(s) for Permit

    The public is invited to comment on the following application(s) 
for permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
application(s) was/were submitted to satisfy requirements of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 
the regulations governing marine mammals (50 CFR part 18).

    Applicant: Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, National 
Biological Survey, Anchorage, AK, PRT-740507.
    Type of Permit: Scientific Research.
    Name of Animals: Alaska sea otters (Enhydra lutris), 400.
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests 
renewal of their permit which currently authorizes take (capture/
recapture, transport, temporarily maintain, drug, flipper tag, inject 
with subcutaneous transponder chip, obtain blood and urine samples, 
biopsy oral and vaginal lesions, implant radio transmitters, and 
release) up to 200 sea otters, incidentally capture and release 200 sea 
otters, reimportation of parts of deceased otters previously exported 
to Marine World, Japan and Vancouver Aquarium, Canada, and importation 
of tissue samples from live and deceased sea otters in Canada and 
Russia while conducting research with foreign counterparts. The 
applicant requests an amendment to their permit to include collection 
of sea otter carcasses or parts from sea otters found dead on beaches 
or in waters throughout Alaska, or from sea otter carcasses discarded 
by native subsistence hunters. Samples will be taken and imported for 
analyses of serum chemistry, serum hormones, and genetics.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research: Wild sea otters of all ages 
and sexes to be used in the research.
    Period of Activity: Through 1996.

    Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals 
Management, Anchorage, AK, PRT-790174.
    Type of Permit: Import.
    Name and Number of Animals: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), 400 
annually.
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests a 
permit to import polar bear teeth collected under the Marking and 
Tagging Program administered by the Marine Mammals Management Office. 
The teeth will be sectioned and age determinations made to monitor 
changes in the sex and age structure of polar bears taken under the 
Native subsistence harvest program.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research: Polar bears of all ages and 
sexes taken during Native subsistence hunting.
    Period of Activity: Through 1996.

    Applicant: Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL, PRT-691972.
    Type of Permit: Import.
    Name and Number of Animals: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), 3.
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests 
amendment to their current permit to import liver, pituitary, kidney, 
muscle, adrenal, lung, heart, thyroid, medulla, femur and gonad tissues 
taken from 3 polar bears used in toxicological studies. Samples will be 
used to collect data on the residency times of Telazol and on tissue 
contamination by industrial pollutants.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research: Canada.
    Period of Activity: Through December 1994.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Office of Management Authority is forwarding copies of 
this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committee of 
Scientific Advisors for their review.
    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
application, or requests for a public hearing on this application 
should be submitted to the Director, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., room 420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203 and must be 
received by the Director within 30 days of the date of publication of 
this notice. Anyone requesting a hearing should give specific reasons 
why a hearing would be appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at 
the discretion of the Director.
    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: May 19, 1994.
Margaret Tieger,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-12663 Filed 5-24-94; 8:45 am]
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