[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15151-15152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7076]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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.):
Applicant: Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, Chicago, IL, PRT-793611
    The applicant requests a permit to export one pair of captive-born 
South American tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) to the Emperor Valley Zoo, 
Trinidad, to enhance the survival of the species through conservation 
education.
Applicant: Fort Worth Zoological Park, Fort Worth, TX, PRT-799689
    The applicant requests a permit to import two pair captive-born 
black lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) from Centro de 
Primatologia do Rio de Janerio, Brazil, to enhance the propagation and 
survival of the species through captive breeding.
Applicant: International Wildlife Veterinary Services, Fair Oaks, CA, 
PRT-798407
    The applicant requests a permit to export serum samples taken from 
captive-held and captive born black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) to 
enhance the survival of the species through scientific research.
Applicant: Tiger's Eye Productions, Inc., Oviedo, FL, PRT-759943
    The applicant requests a permit to export and reimport two male and 
one female tiger (Panthera tigris), three male and two female leopard 
(Panthera pardus), and one male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to 
enhance the survival of the species through conservation education.
Applicant: Fort Worth Zoological Park, Fort Worth, TX, PRT-798968
    The applicant requests an amendment to an application for a permit 
to import one male and one female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) from 
African Lion Safari, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, for the purpose of 
enhancement and survival of the species through captive-breeding and 
conservation education. The original request was published in the 
Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 36, page 10106 on February 23, 1995.
Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI, PRT-800037
    The applicant requests a permit to export one captive-born male 
parma wallaby (Macropus parma) to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo, Seoul, 
Korea, to enhance the propagation and survival of the species through 
captive breeding and conservation education.
Applicant: National Zoological Park, Washington DC, PRT-700322
    The applicant request a permit to import blood, hair, tissue 
samples, and whole carcasses of captive born and wild-caught specimens 
of Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) to enhance the survival 
of the species through scientific research.
Applicant: National Zoological Park, Washington DC, PRT-732974
    The applicant request a permit to import blood, semen, skin hair, 
tissue samples, temporal gland secretions, and molar teeth of Asian 
elephants (Elephas maximus) born in captivity or in the wild to enhance 
the survival of the species through scientific research.
Applicant: Southwest Foundation For Biomedical Research, San Antonio, 
TX, PRT-799528
    The applicant request a permit to import serum samples from 41 
captive born Lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus), to enhance the 
survival of the species through scientific research.
    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 
[[Page 15152]] the regulations governing marine mammals (50 CFR 18).
    Applicant: The Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA, PRT-799991
    Type of Permit: Import for public display
    Name and Number of Animals: Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris 
lutris), 1
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: Applicant requests a permit 
to import one female sea otter for public display. The animal was taken 
as a beached and stranded pup as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil 
spill, deemed non-releasable, and subsequently transferred to the 
Vancouver Aquarium for public display.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Vancouver 
Aquarium, British Columbia, Canada.
    Period of Activity: Period in which to import is 1 year 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 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: March 17, 1995.
Caroline Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 95-7076 Filed 3-21-95; 8:45 am]
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