[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3706]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit

Endangered Species

    The public is invited to comment on the following application(s) 
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.). Written 
data, comments, or requests for copies of these complete applications 
should be submitted to the Director (address below) and must be 
received within 30 days of the date of this notice.
Applicant: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, PRT-052418.

    The applicant requests a permit to import biological samples from 
Diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema), Brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus), 
and Red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) collected in the wild in 
Madagascar, for scientific research.

Applicant: Mesa Garden, Belen, NM, PRT-678845.

    The applicant requests the addition of star cactus, Astrophytum 
(=Echinocactus) asterias to their interstate and foreign commerce 
permit, and the renewal of their permit for the following cactus 
species: Tobusch fishhook, Anicistocactus tobuschi (syn. Sclerocactus 
brevihamatus); Nellie's cory, Coryphantha (=Escobaria) minima; bunched 
cory, Coryphantha ramillosa; Cochise pincushion, Corypanthia(=Coshiseia 
=Escobaria) robbinsorum; Lee pincushion, Corypantha (=Escobaria 
=Mammillaria) sneedii var. leei; Sneed pincushion Corypantha 
(=Escobaria=Mammilaria) sneedii var. sneedii; Chisos Mountain hedgehog, 
Echinocereus chinoensis (=reichenbachii) var. chisoensis; Kuenzler 
hedgehog, Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri; Lloyd's hedgehog, 
Echinocereus lloydii (= E. roetteri var. l.); black lace, Echinocereus 
reichenbachii var. albertii; Arizona hedgehog, Echinocereus 
triglochidiatus var. arizonicus; Davis green pitaya, Echinocereus 
viridiflorus var. davisii; Lloyd's mariposa, Neolloydia mariposensis; 
Brady's pincushion, Pediocactus bradyi; San Rafael, Pediocactus 
dispainii; Knowlton's, Pediocactus knowltonii; Peebles Navajo, 
Pediocactus peeblesianus var. peeblesianus; Siler pincushion, 
Pediocactus sileri; Uinta Basin hookless, Sclerocactus glaucus; Mesa 
Verde, Sclerocactus mesae-verdae; and Wright's fishhook, Sclerocactus 
wrightiae for the purpose of enhancement of the species through captive 
propagation. This notification covers activities conducted by the 
applicant for a period of five years.
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has information collection 
approval from OMB through March 31, 2004, OMB Control Number 1018-0093. 
Federal Agencies may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
current valid OMB control number.
    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 within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division 
of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, 
Virginia 22203, telephone 703/358-2104 or fax 703/358-2281.

    Dated: February 1, 2002.
Michael S. Moore,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management 
Authority.
[FR Doc. 02-3706 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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