[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54648-54649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27881]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On July 24, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 142, Page 39854, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Gary Frank Bogner, No. Muskegon, MI, 
for a permit (PRT-832218) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Lancaster 
Sound population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on October 6, 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 permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 7, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 152, Page 42590, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Thomas VanEvery, Troy, MI, for a 
permit (PRT-832624) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the McClintock 
Channel population,

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Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on October 6, 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 permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 7, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 152, Page 42589, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Peter Mansfield, New York City, NY, 
for a permit (PRT-832731) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken from the Southern Beaufort Sea population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on September 30, 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 permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 157, Page 43544, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Ron Brunsfeld, Northbrook, IL, for a 
permit (PRT-832897) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Lancaster 
Sound population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on September 24, 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 permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 157, Page 43544, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Gerald Bader, Federal Dam, MN, for a 
permit (PRT-832625) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Foxe Basin 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on October 6, 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 permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 157, Page 43544, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Karl Nothdurft, Grosse Pointe Farms, 
MI, for a permit (PRT-832907) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Foxe 
Basin population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on September 30, 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 permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 157, Page 43544, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, 
AK for amendment of the permit (PRT-801652) for the purposes of 
scientific research of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus).
    Notice is hereby given that on October 1, 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 permit 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 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 
(703) 358-2104 or Fax (703) 358-2281.

    Dated: October 16, 1997.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-27881 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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