[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37467-37468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17815]



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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-804653

Applicant: Forth Worth Zoological Park, Ft. Worth, TX.

    The applicant requests a permit to import blood samples from wild 
and captive-held Grand Cayman iguana (Cyclura nubila lewisi) from the 
National Trust for the Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands for enhancement 
of the survival of the species through scientific research.

PRT-804339

Applicant: San Antonio Botanical Gardens, San Antonio, TX.

    The applicant requests a permit to import seeds and cuttings (up to 
50 each) of Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae) collected from the wild 
in Minicipal San Fernando in Tamaulipas, Mexico, to increase the 
genetic diversity of the captive population, thereby enhancing the 
propagation and survival of the species.

PRT-804567

Applicant: Vargas Productions, North Hollywood, CA.


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    The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import a captive-
born Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) to Water Land Marine World, Cali, 
Columbia for the purpose of enhancing the survival of the species 
through conservation education.

PRT-804559

Applicant: Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import two captive-born male 
giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) from the Hagenbeck Tierpark, 
Hamburg, Germany for the purpose of enhancing the survival of the 
species through conservation education, scientific research and captive 
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).

PRT-690038

Applicant: The Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK.

    Type of Permit: Take and Import for scientific research.
    Name and Number of Animals: Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), 200.
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant has requested 
renewal and amendment of the permit for take activities to include: 
chemically immobilize, ear-tag, tattoo, paint-mark, remove tooth, blood 
sample, measure, weigh, collect samples of blubber, skin, and claw 
shavings, fit up to 50 bears with a radio telemetry device, (including 
surgically implantation of a satellite transmitter on male bears, 
only), measure bio-electrical impedance, recapture and release, and; to 
import biological samples from legally acquired polar bear for the 
purpose of scientific research.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: North and 
Northwest coast of Alaska, pack and fast-ice of the Beaufort, Bering, 
and Chukchi Seas), and import of samples from Canada, Greenland, 
Norway, and Russia.
    Period of Activity: October 1, 1995 to October 31, 2000.
    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: July 14, 1995.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 95-17815 Filed 7-19-95; 8:45 am]
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