[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53017-53018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Proposed Policy on Giant Panda Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice that the 
comment period on the proposed policy for issuance of permits for 
import of giant panda will be reopened for 30 days to obtain further 
comments.

DATES: Public comments received on or before November 10, 1997 will be 
considered by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to the Chief of the Office of 
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North 
Fairfax

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Drive, Room 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Stansell, Chief, Office of 
Management Authority, at the above address, or call (703) 358-2093; fax 
(703) 358-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service published a notice reopening the 
comment period on the proposed policy for issuance of permits for 
import of giant panda on July 1, 1997 (62 FR 35518-19). The comment 
period ended September 29, 1997. The Service received a request from 
the World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C., to extend the comment period 
to allow submission of information from two events; the International 
Symposium on Environmental Protection and City Development of the 21st 
Century (September 23-28) in Chengdu and the Ministry of Forestry/WWF 
Workshop on Giant Panda Reintroduction (September 24-28). The results 
of these meetings were not available before the close of the previous 
comment period but may be important to the policy development. 
Interested organizations and the public are invited to comment on the 
results from these meetings or on any other issues related to panda 
conservation.

    Authority: This notice was prepared under the authority of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

    Dated: October 3, 1997.
Jamie Rappaport Clark,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-26848 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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