[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56801-56802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27502]


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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-014420

Applicant: Thomas Leuteritz, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

    The applicant requests a permit to import blood samples from 
Radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) collected in the wild in 
Madagascar, for scientific research.

PRT-016034

Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI

    The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce 
three male and four female captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) from 
the Bridgeport Nature Center, Inc., Bridgeport, Texas, for export to 
Safari Park Qin Huang Dao, Qinhuangdao, China for the purpose of public 
display and conservation education.

PRT-016035

Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI

    The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce 
four male and three female captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) from 
the Bridgeport Nature Center, Inc., Bridgeport, Texas, for export to 
Beijing Badaling Wild Animal World, Beijing, China for the purpose of 
public display and conservation education.

PRT-015401

Applicant: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati, OH

    The applicant requests a permit to export one male captive-born 
Komodo Island monitor (Varanus komodoensis) to the North of England 
Zoological Society, Chester, United Kingdom, for the purpose of 
enhancement of the species through propagation.

PRT-018063

Applicant: Randy Miller, Big Bear City, CA

    The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import tigers 
(Panthera tigris) and progeny of the animals currently held by the 
applicant and any animals acquired in the United States by the 
applicant to/from worldwide locations to enhance the survival of the 
species through conservation education. This notification covers 
activities

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conducted by the applicant over a three year period.

PRT-017745

Applicant: Jeffrey R. Powell, Yale University, New Haven, CT

    The applicant requests a permit to re-export up to 5000 blood 
samples collected from wild Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra) to 
Michel C. Milinkovitch, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Gosselies, 
Belgium, for the purpose of enhancement of the species through 
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.
    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: October 18, 1999.
Kristen Nelson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 99-27502 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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