[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24708]


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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-833981

Applicant: Laurel Croft, Temecula, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to re-import 1 male and 2 female 
Hawaiian geese (Branta sandvicensis) and 1 male and 1 female Palawan 
peacock pheasant (Polyplecton emphanum) for the purpose of enhancement 
of the survival of the species through captive propagation.

PRT-833380

Applicant: David Owens, Texas A&M University, College Station,TX

    The applicant requests a permit to import biological samples of 
multiple sea turtle species from Mexico, Grand Cayman, and Costa Rica 
for the purpose of scientific research related to survival of the 
species.

PRT-834298

Applicant: Miami Metrozoo, Miami, FL

    The applicant requests a permit to re-export to Panama the carcass 
of one female harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) which was imported from 
Panama into the United States to be prepared into an osteological 
specimen.

    The public is invited to comment on the following application for 
permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
application was 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-834123

Applicant: Daniel Currier, Fargo, ND

    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.
    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.
    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 
430, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-
2281).

    Dated: September 12, 1997.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-24708 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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