[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37072-37073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17980]


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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.):
    Applicant: Mark Bolton, Hugo, Mn, PRT-830602.
    The applicant has requested a permit to import one male and one 
female captive-hatched peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum) from the 
Sasktchewan Cooperative Falcon Project, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 
Canada, for the purpose of enhancement of the species through captive 
propagation and release of offspring.
    Applicant: The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Oh, 
PRT-831735.
    The applicant has requested a permit to import two female captive-
born Indochinese tigers (Panthera tigris corbetti) from the Singapore 
Zoological Gardens for the purpose of enhancement of the species 
through captive propagation.
    Applicant: Texas Animal Exports, Coppell, Tx, PRT-821275.
    The applicant has requested a permit to export 23 Arabian oryx 
(Oryx leucoryx) to the Al-Ain Zoo and Aquarium, U.A.E., for the purpose 
of enhancement of the species through 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).
    The following applicants have each requested a permit to import a 
sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from the Northwest 
Territories, Canada for personal use.

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          Applicant/address                   Population          PRT-  
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Jim Deal, Ramsey, Mn.................  McClintock Channel.....    831567
Norman Dunkle, Franklin, Pa..........  Northern Beaufort......    831443
James Y. Jones, Dublin, Ga...........  Lancaster Sound........    831722
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    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
applications, or requests for a public hearing on any of these 
applications for marine mammal permits should be sent to the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Office of

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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 all of the 
applications listed in this notice 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: July 3, 1997.
Karen Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-17980 Filed 7-9-97; 8:45 am]
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