[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11564]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Receipt of Application for Approval

    The following applicant has applied for approval to conduct certain 
activities with birds that are protected in accordance with the Wild 
Bird Conservation Act of 1992. This notice is provided pursuant to 
Section 112(4) of the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992, 50 CFR 
15.26(c).
    Applicant: David H. Dixon, Bluffdale, Utah. The applicant wishes to 
establish a cooperative breeding program for the European goshawk 
(Accipiter gentilis), the European sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), the 
English peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinus), the Cassini 
peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus cassini), the Saker falcon (Falco 
cherrug), the Black shaheen (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), the Red-
headed merlin (Falco chicquera) and the Black sparrowhawk (Accipiter 
melanoleucus). Mr. Dixon wishes to be an active participant in this 
program with five other private individuals. The Utah Falconers and 
Raptor Breeders Association has assumed the responsibility for the 
oversight of the program.
    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.
    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 
700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2095); FAX: (703/358-
2298).

    Dated: April 27, 1998.
Margaret Tieger,
Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-11564 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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