[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29422-29423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14199]



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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-842872

Applicant: The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC

    The applicant requests a permit to export 40 leaf samples from 
artificially propagated spreading avens (Geum radiatum) to Acadia 
University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, for scientific research.

PRT-842530

Applicant: Carolynn Crutchley, Manheim, PA

    The applicant requests a permit to import 10 wild-caught parma 
wallabies (Macropus parma) from an introduced population on Kawau 
Island, New Zealand, to enhance the survival of the species through 
captive-breeding.

PRT-842519

Applicant: L. Renee Irvine, Titusville, FL

    The applicant requests a permit to import 2 captive-born golden-
headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) from Ivan Crab, 
Nagyborszony, Hungary to enhance the survival of the species through 
captive-breeding.

PRT-842517

Applicant: Nicholas Mundy, University of California San Diego, La 
Jolla, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to re-export hair and DNA samples 
from Goeldi's marmoset (Callimico goeldii) to the Anthropological 
Institute, Zurich, Switzerland for scientific research.

PRT-842516

Applicant: Nicholas Mundy, University of California San Diego, La 
Jolla, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to re-export hair and DNA samples 
from white-eared marmosets (Callithrix aurita) and buff-headed 
marmosets (Callithrix flaviceps) to the Anthropological Institute, 
Zurich, Switzerland for scientific research.

PRT-842900

Applicant: Richard Wrangham, Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Harvard 
University

    The applicant requests a permit to import non-invasive biological 
samples collected from East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes 
schweinfurthii) for the purpose of scientific research.

PRT-842998

Applicant: Brenda Bradley, Anthropolgy Department, State University 
of New York, Stony Brook, NY

    The applicant requests a permit to import non-invasively collected 
biological samples taken from western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) 
in the Central African Republic for the purpose of scientific research.
    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 a 
permit to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
application was 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-773494

Applicant: Florida Department of Natural Resources, St. Petersburg, 
FL

    Permit Type: Take for scientific research.
    Name of Animals: West Indian manatee (Trichecus manatus), Amazonian 
manatee (Trichechus inunguis), West African manatee (Trichecus 
senegalensis), and Dugong (Dugong dugong).
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant requests an 
amendment to their permit to change the principal officer responsible 
for the permit; to conduct up to 5 non-harmful, non-invasive behavioral 
and physiological studies on captive West Indian manatees and up to 10 
non-harmful, non-invasive behavioral and physiological studies on free-
ranging West Indian manatees; to collect colon temperatures on captive 
and wild West Indian manatees in order to describe and analyze vascular 
structures that influence thermal insult to the manatee reproductive 
system; to do 12 recaptures of West Indian manatees; to implant up to 
90 (60 wild and 30 rehabilitated) West Indian manatees with passive 
integrated transponder tags; and to import biological samples from wild 
or captive specimens of West Indian manatees, Amazonian manatees, West 
African manatees, and dugongs.
    Source of Marine Mammals: Wild and captive West Indian manatees 
within their range in the United States and wild and captive salvage 
specimens of West Indian manatee, Amazonian manatee, West African, 
dugong where ever found.
    Period of Activity: Up to 5 years from issuance date of permit, if 
issued.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Office of Management Authority is forwarding copies of 
this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committee of 
Scientific Advisors for their review.

PRT-842478

Applicant: David Van Collis, San Ysidro, NM

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

PRT-842766

Applicant: Wade Marshall, Rainer, OR

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the McClintock Channel polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-842970

Applicant: Gerald L. Warnoch, Portland, OR

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the McClintock Channel polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

PRT-843165

Applicant: Wallace W. Bednarz, Williamsport, PA

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted prior to April 30, 1994 from the Viscount 
Melville polar bear population, Northwest Territories, Canada for 
personal use.
    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: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-
2281).


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    Dated: May 22, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-14199 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]
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