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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Notice of Receipt of Application(s) for Permit

    The following applicant has 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.):

Applicant: Gary Johnson, Perris, CA, PRT 797132.

    The applicant requests a permit to export and reimport 3 female 
Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) to the African Game Farm Ltd., 
Ontario, Canada, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species through propagation.
    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 18).

Applicant: Glenn R. VanBlaricom, Seattle, WA, PRT-796124
Type of Permit: Incidental take by harassment of southern sea otter
Name and Number of Animals: Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), 
5 or less
Summary of Activity to be Authorized: Applicant requests a permit to 
incidentally take by harassment up to 5 sea otters in the course of 
acoustic disturbances of grey whales
Period of Activity: Through May 1995

Applicant: Carle Foundation, Urbana, IL, PRT-691972
Type of Permit: Import
Name and Number of Animals: Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), 200-300 
annually
Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests a permit 
to import samples of serum, urine, adipose tissue, liver, kidney, 
pituitary, muscle, adrenal, lung, heart, thyroid, medulla, femur, 
gonads for scientific research of the physiological and biochemical 
processes of feeding and fasting in polar bears.
Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Samples will be 
collected from polar bear in Canada which are either taken and released 
in the course of scientific research or which are part of the native 
hunt.
Period of Activity: Through 1999

Applicant: Indianapolis Zoological Society, Indianapolis, IN, PRT-
797101
Type of Permit: Take for Public Display
Name and Number of Animals: Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus 
divergens), 6
Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests a permit 
to take (permanently remove) from the wild, up to six young walrus (2 
males and 4 females two years old or younger) that are orphaned during 
Native Alaska subsistence hunting in Alaska. Animals will be flown to 
Indianapolis Zoo for public display purposes
Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Orphaned calves 
in the Bering sea region and along the Alaskan coast.
Period of Activity: From 1995 through 2000

Applicant: California Dept. of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA, PRT-
782423
Type of Permit: Take for Scientific Research
Name and Number of Animals: Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), 
30
Summary of Activity to be Authorized: Up to 30 sea otters will be 
taken. Dependent animals and those weighing less than 20 pounds will be 
implanted subdermally with a transponder chip and immediately released. 
Animals in excess of 20 pounds will be transported via kennel carrier 
to a clinic where they will be tranquilized, flipper tagged, implanted 
subdermally with a transponder chip, swabbed for pelt residue, and have 
60 ml of blood withdrawn for the purpose of obtaining baseline data 
relating to potential contamination.
Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Monterey Bay, 
California
Period of Activity: December 1994 to August 1995

    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 sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 
Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington, 
Virginia 22203, telephone 703/358-2104 or fax 703/358-2281 and must be 
received 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 within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice at the above address.

    Dated: December 9, 1994.
Caroline Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-30679 Filed 12-13-94; 8:45 am]
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