[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39854-39855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19480]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permits for Marine Mammals

    On March 26, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 58, Page 14438, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the following individuals for a permit 
to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from Canada for 
personal use.

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        Applicant/Address                  Population             PRT-  
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Robert Kuykendall, Austin, TX...  Lancaster Sound.............    826733
Craig Leerberg, Colorado          Northern Beaufort...........    826747
 Springs, CO.                                                           
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    On April 24, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 79, Page 20020, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the following individuals for a permit 
to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from Canada for 
personal use.

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        Applicant/Address                  Population             PRT-  
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Jerome Miner, Grand Rapids, MN..  Foxe Basin..................    827652

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Floyd R. Hardesty, Tulsa, OK....  Davis Strait................    827650
Lee Gatzke, Tulare, SD..........  Southern Beaufort...........    827521
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    On April 30, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 83, Page 23479, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the following individual for a permit 
to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from Canada for 
personal use.

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        Applicant/Address                  Population             PRT-  
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George P. Mann, Opelika, AL.....  Lancaster Sound.............    828293
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    On May 8, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 89, Page 25201, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the following individual for a permit 
to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from Canada for 
personal use.

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        Applicant/Address                  Population             PRT-  
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George P. Mann, Opelika, AL.....  Baffin Bay..................    828295
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    On May 23, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 100, Page 28493, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the following individual for a permit 
to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from Canada for 
personal use.

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        Applicant/Address                  Population             PRT-  
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Donald Leiser, Bethlehem, PA....  Lancaster Sound.............    829153
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    Notice is hereby given that during the week of July 7-14, 1997, as 
authorized by the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service 
authorized the requested permits subject to certain conditions set 
forth therein.
    Documents and other information submitted for these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request to 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 
(703) 358-2104 or Fax (703) 358-2281.

    Dated: July 18, 1997.
Karen Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-19480 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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