[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28493-28494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13636]


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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-829493

Applicant: Stephanie V. Bestelmeyer, Ft. Collins, CO.

    The applicant requests a permit to import up to 10 tissue samples 
and 20 hair samples collected from wild maned wolves (Chrysocyon 
brachyurus), in and around Parque Nacional das Emas, Goias, Brazil, for 
the purpose of scientific research.

PRT-829006

Applicant: Jacksonville Zoological Gardens, Jacksonville, FL.

    The applicant requests a permit to import blood samples collected 
from captive-held Jaguars (Panthera onca) from the Fundacion Nacional 
De Parques Zoologicos Y Acuarios, Venezuela, for the purpose of 
scientific research.

PRT-829679

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY.

    The applicant requests a permit to export eight male and four 
female captive-born lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) to the 
Apenheul Primate Park, The Netherlands, for the purposes of enhancement 
of the survival of the species through captive-breeding and 
conservation education.

PRT-81988

Applicant: University Of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV.

    The applicant requests a permit to import samples taken from wild 
populations and populations born in captivity of Black-handed spider 
monkey (Ateles geoffroyi frontatus) and (Ateles g. panamensis) 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 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203 and must be received 
by the Director within 30 days of the date of this publication.
    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-829155

Applicant: Robert B. Nancarrow, Frankenmuth, MI.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-829152

Applicant: Gary Yackel, Hemlock, MI.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-829153

Applicant: Donald W. Leiser, Bethlehem, PA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the (former) Parry Channel polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-828883

Applicant: Jerome Eckrich, Aberdeen, SD.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Parry Channel

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polar bear population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-828866

Applicant: Everett Pannkuk, Jr., Raleigh, NC.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the McClintock Channel polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-829415

Applicant: Roger Lee Baber, Jr., Churchville, VA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
application, or requests for a public hearing on any of these 
applications as well as the applications of Kenneth Johnson (PRT-
829284) and Ronald Baetens (PRT-829285) published in last weeks Federal 
Register should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office 
of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 430, 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: May 19, 1997.
Anna Barry,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-13636 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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