[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65214-65215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31507]


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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.):
    Applicant: The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, PRT-
004641.
    The applicant requests a permit to import 8 scientific specimens of 
mouse lemurs (Microcebus sp.) collected in the wild in Madagascar, for 
the purpose of scientific research.
    Applicant: University of Arizona, Laboratory of Molecular 
Systematics and Evolution, Tucson, AZ, PRT-837560.
    The applicant requests amendment of their permit to import tissue 
samples taken from captive-held and/or wild chimpanzees (Pan 
troglodytes), pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus), gorilla (Gorilla 
gorilla), and orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) for the purpose of scientific 
research.
    Applicant: Rhinoceros Advisory Group of the American Zoo and 
Aquarium Association, Cumberland, OH, PRT-004917.
    The applicant requests a permit to import for the Honolulu Zoo, HI, 
one captive-born female black rhinoceros from the Asa Hiroshima Zoo 
Park, JP, for the purpose of captive propagation for the enhancement of 
the survival of the species.
    Applicant: The National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, 
PRT-004868.
    The applicant requests a permit to import the skin and skull and 
skeletal elements of one Kara-Tau argali (Ovis ammon nigrimontana) and 
one Kazakhstan argali (Ovis ammon collium) from the Republic of 
Kasakhstan for the purpose of scientific research and species 
identification.
    Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI, PRT-004862.
    The applicant requests a permit for foreign commerce to purchase 
one male and one female jaguar (Panthera onca) from Tierpark Nadermann, 
Germany and sell to Taegu Talsung Park Zoo, Korea for the purpose of 
enhancement of survival of the species through conservation education 
and captive propagation.
    Applicant: Howard Covey, Phoenix, AZ, PRT-005201.
    The Applicant request a permit to import sport-hunted trophy of one 
male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas) culled from a captive herd 
maintained under the management program of the Republic of South 
Africa, for the purpose of enchancement of the survival of the species.
    Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego, Escondido, CA, PRT-
004996.
    The applicant requests a permit to import 5 Lesser Rheas (Rhea 
pennata) from Tiergarten Hubertus, Vossberg, Dotlingen, Germany, for 
the enhancement of the survival of the species through captive 
propagation and conservation education.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Director, U.S. 
Fish and

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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: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-
2281).

    Dated: November 20, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-31507 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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