[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4187]


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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-007653

Applicant: International Center for Gibbon Studies, Santa Clarita, 
CA

    The applicant requests a permit to import two male and two female 
wild caught hoolock gibbons (Hylobates hoolock) from Yangon Zoological 
Gardens, Myanmar, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species through conservation education, propagation, and scientific 
research.

PRT-008037

Applicant: John M. Saba, Jr., Sarasota, FL

    The applicant requests 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 purposes of enhancement of the survival of the species.

PRT-007980

Applicant: Bodega Bay Institute, Berkeley, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to import biological samples 
salvaged from infertile eggs, unhatched eggs, and dead nestlings of the 
Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) by representatives of the government 
of Bermuda for the purpose of scientific research on marine 
contaminants affecting the recovery of the species. This notice covers 
activities by the applicant for a period of 5 years.
    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 applications for 
permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
applications were 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-843163

Applicant: Eugene Giscombe, Amityville, NY

    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.
    The following applicants have each requested a permit to import a 
sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from the Lancaster Sound or 
Norwegian Bay populations, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal 
use.

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                      Applicant/Address                           PRT-
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                       Lancaster Sound Populations
 
Henry Anderson III, Tulare, CA...............................     004877
Harold Armstrong, Modesto, CA................................     844554
Rex Baker, Marietta, GA......................................     007078
Kenneth Lee Barr, Kelseyville, CA............................     004730
Lee Bernson, Traverse City, MI...............................     006591
Dort S. Bigg, Manchester, NH.................................     004451
Johnny Bliznak, Abilene, TX..................................     004455
Don Brown, Silverton, TX.....................................     004875
Dennis Brownley, Bulverde, TX................................     003835
Dennis Danner, Spencerville, MD..............................     007279
James DiFrancia, Yorktown Heights, NY........................     843640
James Hugh Doyle, Kenai, AK..................................     002160
Roger Ebnet, Avon, MN........................................     003974
Lawrence Epping, Salem, OR...................................     004769
Robert B. Fay, Allison Park, PA..............................     841665
Gary Joal Ganz, Beverly Shores, IN...........................     844917
Robert Gegenheimer, Wortham, TX..............................     843446
Val Goldthwaite, Brielle, NJ.................................     842041
John Grabenstein, Atlanta, GA................................     004452
Kenneth Greg, Emporium, PA...................................     003421
Leonard Guldman, Aurora, CO..................................     007981
William Haley, Mead, WA......................................     004879
Irving Hansen, Wauwatosa, WI.................................     841144
Arthur Kobrine, Potomac, MD..................................     004766
Steve Kobrine, Potomac, MD...................................     006302
George Koebel, Waleska, GA...................................     007081
Thomas LaBarge, Medford, WI..................................     003976
Harold Landis, Silver Spring, MD.............................     007278
Michael Langer, Burlington, CT...............................     843641
Peter Leach, Kansasville, WI.................................     842321
Leo Mack, Jr., Tyler, TX.....................................     005290
Gerald Medlin, Sullivan, MO..................................     842843
Grant Medlin, Bourbon, MO....................................     840855
Greg Medlin, Omaha, NE.......................................     843166
Jeffrey Miller, Omaha, NE....................................     004771
Willis Moore III, Beverly, NJ................................     004876
Michael P. O'Neill, Centre Hall, PA..........................     003414
Joe Baker Owen, Abilene, TX..................................     003075
Walter Prothero, Eden, UT....................................     004450
Arlo Reynolds, Stoneboro, PA.................................     004871
Jerry Rubenstein, Bellaire, TX...............................     004001
Larry Saltzgiver, Hanover, PA................................     007670
Danny Sardella, Greensboro, GA...............................     004449
Pat Short, Waco, TX..........................................     007671
Daniel Smith, San Jose, CA...................................     004453
Tommy Smith, Salisbury, NC...................................     842044
Kirk Sorensen, Stillwater, MN................................     843725
Gregory Stafford, Chelan, WA.................................     004925
Daniel Stiehl, Bloomer, WI...................................     843164
R.R. Tipton, Myrtle Beach, SC................................     841984
Ken Trudell, DePere, WI......................................     004729
Carl Ulberg, Grandville, MI..................................     003949
James D. Verbugge, Grand Rapids, MI..........................     003975
John F. Walchli, Hermiston, OR...............................     004732
Gary Waterhouse, Chetck, WI..................................     001500
Dean Wilkie, Lenoir, NC......................................     840282
William Wilson, Beaver Dam, WI...............................     004767
Robert Wood, San Francisco, CA...............................     006301
 
                       Norwegian Bay Populations
 
Ivan McDaniel, John Day, OR..................................     003659
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    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
applications, or requests for a public hearing on any of these 
applications should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Office of Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 700, 
Arlington, Virginia 22203, telephone 703/358-2104 or fax 703/358-2281 
and must be received within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
notice. Anyone requesting a hearing should give specific reasons why a 
hearing would be appropriate. The holding of such a hearing is at the 
discretion of the Director.
    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 above address within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice.

    Dated: February 16, 1999.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 99-4187 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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