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[FR Doc No: 94-18281]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Notice of 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-792526

Applicant: Hawthorn Corporation, Grayslake, IL

    The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import 7 male and 
8 female captive-bred tigers (Panthera tigris) to worldwide sites while 
on tour for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species 
through conservation education.

PRT-792542

Applicant: Larry Johnson, Yorba Linda, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to export a pair of captive-born 
and one female wild caught (wild caught in 1971) siamang (Hylobates 
syndactylus) to Parque Zoologico de Leon, Leon, Mexico for the purpose 
of enhancement of propagation of the species through conservation 
education.

PRT-778487

Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to import one wild-caught male 
presently held in captivity and one captive-born female giant panda 
(Ailuropoda melanoleuca) from the People's Republic of China. This 
permit was originally requested for the purpose of enhancement of 
propagation and survival and previously published on May 5, 1993, prior 
to the announcement of the suspension of review of applications to 
import giant pandas. The purpose for which the permit is requested has 
now been modified to focus on scientific research investigating 
olfactory communication and how it relates to giant panda reproductive 
physiology and sexual behavior and habitat use. In addition, a female 
captive-born panda has now been substituted for the female wild-caught 
animal identified in the initial import request.

PRT-792842

Applicant: David William Owens, Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX

    The applicant requests a permit to import blood and salvaged tissue 
samples eggs and dead hatchlings of the olive ridley (Lepidochelys 
olivacea), green (Chelonia mydas), black (Chelonia mydas (=agassizi)), 
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys 
imbricata) sea turtles from Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, and Grand 
Cayman Islands for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species through scientific research.

PRT-790722

Applicant: Annamarie Jacobs, De Soto, KS

    The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce 
two pair of Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) from Kenneth Howell, 
Muldrow, Oklahoma, to enhance the propagation and survival of the 
species through captive propagation.

PRT-791752

Applicant: Jerry E. Doherty, Red Lodge, MT

    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 Mr. Pine Louw, ``Bankfontein'', Springfontein, 
Republic of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of survival of 
the species.

PRT-739682

Applicant: The New York Blood Center, New York, NY

    The applicant requests reissuance of a permit for import of up to 
3000 blood and 400 liver tissue samples taken from chimpanzee (Pan 
troglodytes) in Liberia for the purpose of enhancement of the survival 
of the species through scientific research.
    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 420(c), 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: July 22, 1994.
Caroline Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-18281 Filed 7-26-94; 8:45 am]
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