[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8081]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Denial of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On December 7, 2000, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 65, No. 236, Page 76662, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Nathan P. Newbern, Ft. 
Worth, Texas, for a permit (PRT-035772) to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound polar bear population, 
Canada for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on March 22, 2001, 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 denied the requested 
permit.
    Documents and other information submitted for this application is 
available for review by any party who submits a written request to the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 
North Fairfax Drive, Rm 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203, phone (703) 
358-2104 or Fax (703) 358-2281.

    Dated: March 23, 2001.
Anna Barry,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management 
Authority.
[FR Doc. 01-8081 Filed 4-2-01; 8:45 am]
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