[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19479]


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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: Brian McMillan, Canyon Country, CA, PRT-831938
    The applicant requests a permit to sell in foreign commerce one 
captive-bred tiger (Panthera tigris) to The Animals Actors Agency, 
London, England, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species through conservation education.
    Applicant: Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, TX, PRT-032012
    The applicant requests a permit to import one male and one female 
Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) confiscated and captive-held 
by the government of Venezuela, for the purpose of enhancement of the 
survival of the species through conservation education.
    Applicant: Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, TX PRT-832013
    The applicant requests a permit to import four arrau turtles 
(Posocnemis expansa) confiscated and captive-held by the government of 
Venezuela, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species through conservation education.
    Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, PRT-829679
    The applicant requests an amendment to their application initially 
published May 23, 1997, for a permit to export captive-born lion-tailed 
macaques (Macaca silenus) to the Apenheul Primate Park, The 
Netherlands, to include an additional captive-born animal for the 
purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species through captive-
breeding and conservation education.
    Applicant: Ernest G. Stallman, Salem, WI, PRT-832299
    The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy 
of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas) culled from a captive 
herd maintained under the management program of the Republic of South 
Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species.
    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).
    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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Maurice Sterner,Spring Grove, PA.................  Baffin Bay...................................          832102
Gary F. Bogner, N. Muskegon, MI..................  Lancaster Sound..............................          832218
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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 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 18, 1997.
Karen Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-19479 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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