[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30770-30771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14935]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On February 20, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 34, Page 8658, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by John Abercrombie, Las 
Vegas, NV, for a permit (PRT-839323) 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 April 16, 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 February 20, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 34, Page 8658, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Wallace D. Gott, Upland, 
CA, for a permit (PRT-839315) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the 
Northern Beaufort Sea population, Northwest Territories, Canada, for 
personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 16, 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 March 13, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 49, Page 12498, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Edwin E. Smith, Houston, TX, for a 
permit (PRT-838493) 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 April 27, 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 October 21, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 203, Page 54648, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Steven Hilton Jones, Fort 
Myers, FL, for a permit (PRT-835266) 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 March 19, 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 October 10, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 197, Page 53016, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by the Arrowhead Bluffs 
Museum, Wabash, MN, for a permit (PRT-826912) to import a sport-hunted 
polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy that was donated to the museum for 
public display.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 21, 1998, in accordance with 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service denied issuance 
of the requested permit.
    On April 24, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 79, Page 20019, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the Grayson County bank Museum, 
Sherman, TX, for a permit (PRT-826442) to import a sport-hunted trophy 
that was donated to the museum for public display.
    Notice is hereby given that on May 8, 1998, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service denied issuance of 
the requested permit.
    On January 15, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 10, Page 2407, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Dean W. Palmer, 
Williamsport, PA, for a permit (PRT-838172) to import a sport-hunted 
polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, 
from the Viscount Melville population, Northwest Territories, Canada 
for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on May 18, 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 March 19, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by John Victor Lattimore, III, Denison, 
TX, for a permit (PRT-840286) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy from the Southern Beaufort Sea population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on May 18, 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 March 19, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Thomas A. Rue, Ovando, MT, for a 
permit (PRT-839985) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Baffin Bay 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on May 20, 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 March 18, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Ralph W. Brockman, Monroe, LA, for a 
permit (PRT-840283) 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 May 21, 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 April 9, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 68, Page 17436, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Lewis Eugene Misterly, Jr., Anaheim 
Hills, CA, for a permit (PRT-840944) to import a sport-hunted polar 
bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy from the Southern Beaufort Sea 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.

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    Notice is hereby given that on May 21, 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: June 1, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-14935 Filed 6-4-98; 8:45 am]
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