[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20112]


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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-15453]

Applicant: Oakhill Center for Rare & Endangered Species, Luther, OK.

    The applicant requests a permit to export 2 captive born white 
tigers (Panthera tigris) to Itozu Zoological Park, Japan, for the 
purpose of propagation and public display.

[PRT-15452]

Applicant: Oakhill Center for Rare & Endangered Species, Luther, OK.

    The applicant requests a permit to export 1 captive born white 
tiger (Panthera tigris) to Shirotori Zoological Gardens, Japan, for the 
purpose of propagation and public display.

[PRT-14251]

Applicant: Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, Nebraska.

    The applicant requests a permit to import DNA samples collected 
from wild geometric tortoises (Psammobates geometricus) from South 
Africa, 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 following applicants have applied 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-015311]

Applicant: Larry Smith, West Harrison, IN.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus), sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound 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).

    Dated: July 30, 1999.
Kristen Nelson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 99-20112 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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