[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 570-571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-200]


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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-837246

Applicant: Language Research Center, Georgia State University, 
Decatur, GA.

    The applicant requests a permit to export one female Sumatran 
orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) to the Japan Monkey Center, Inuyama 
City, Japan for the purpose of the enhancement of the survival of the 
species through a breeding loan for captive propagation.

PRT-837412

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY.

    The applicant requests a permit to export a collection of pathology 
slides to the Guadalajara Zoo, Mexico for the purpose of scientific 
research. This collection includes samples obtained opportunistically 
from endangered mammals (Rhinoceros unicornis, Papio sphinx, Pudu pudu, 
Nasalis larvatus, Bos gaurus,Gazella leptoceros, Equus grevyi, Cervus 
nippon), endangered reptiles (Geochelone radiata), and endangered birds 
(Lophura swinhoii, Geronticus eremita, Tragopan blythi, Macrocephalon 
maleo).
    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 700, 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 for 
permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
application was

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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-837847

Applicant: Arthur Cantando, Huntingdon Valley, PA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound polar bear population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada prior to April 30, 1994, for personal 
use.

PRT-837990

Applicant: Stephen C. Slack, Chanhassen, MN.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Davis Strait polar bear population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada prior to April 30, 1994, for personal 
use.
    Written data or comments, requests for copies of any of these 
complete applications, or requests for a public hearing on these 
applications should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Office of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 700, 
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 a hearing is at the 
discretion of the Director.
    Documents and other information submitted with the application 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 above address within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice.

    Dated: December 31, 1997.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-200 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]
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