[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2110]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On November 14,1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 220, Page 61139, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Charles L. Chappell for a 
permit (PRT-836256) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken from the Lancaster Sound population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada, prior to April 30, 1994 for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 9,1998, 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 November 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 220, Page 61139, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Robert E. Chappell for a 
permit (PRT-836255) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken from the Lancaster Sound population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada, prior to April 30, 1994 for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 9,1998, 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 November 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 220, Page 61139, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Richard N. Biewer, St. 
Clair, MI for a permit (PRT-836264) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy, taken from the Lancaster Sound population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada, prior to April 30, 1994, for personal 
use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 9, 1998, 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 November 20, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 224, Page 62068, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Taylor Mills for a permit 
(PRT 836587) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 
trophy, taken from the Gulf of Bothia population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada, prior to April 30, 1994 for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 6, 1998, 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: January 23, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-2110 Filed 1-28-98; 8:45 am]
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