[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77006-77008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31590]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-IA-2011-N257; FXGO16710900000P5-123-FF09A30000]


Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit; 
Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal 
authorization is acquired that allows such activities. We also invite 
comment on a previously published application that has been corrected.

DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before 
January 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 
22203; fax (703) 358-2280; or email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 
(telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax); [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Comment Procedures

A. How do I request copies of applications or comment on submitted 
applications?

    Send your request for copies of applications or comments and 
materials concerning any of the applications to the contact listed 
under ADDRESSES. Please include the Federal Register notice publication 
date, the PRT-number, and the name of the applicant in your request or 
submission. We will not consider requests or comments sent to an email 
or address not listed under

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ADDRESSES. If you provide an email address in your request for copies 
of applications, we will attempt to respond to your request 
electronically.
    Please make your requests or comments as specific as possible. 
Please confine your comments to issues for which we seek comments in 
this notice, and explain the basis for your comments. Include 
sufficient information with your comments to allow us to authenticate 
any scientific or commercial data you include.
    The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and 
likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by 
quantitative information or studies; and (2) Those that include 
citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations. We 
will not consider or include in our administrative record comments we 
receive after the close of the comment period (see DATES) or comments 
delivered to an address other than those listed above (see ADDRESSES).

B. May I review comments submitted by others?

    Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will 
be available for public review at the address listed under ADDRESSES. 
The public may review documents and other information applicants have 
sent in support of the application unless our allowing viewing would 
violate the Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act. Before including 
your address, phone number, email address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your 
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

II. Background

    To help us carry out our conservation responsibilities for affected 
species, and in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along with 
Executive Order 13576, ``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and 
Accountable Government'' and ``the President's Memorandum for the Heads 
of Executive Departments and Agencies of January 21, 2009--Transparency 
and Open Government'' (74 FR 4685; January 26, 2009), which call on all 
Federal agencies to promote openness and transparency in Government by 
disclosing information to the public, we invite public comment before 
final action on these permit applications before final action is taken.

III. Permit Applications

A. Endangered Species

Applicant: Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc., Baltimore, MD; 
PRT-55564A
    The applicant requests a permit to re-export biological samples 
from Eastern lowland gorillas (Gorilla berengei), for the purpose of 
enhancement of the survival of the species.
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 
Madison, WI; PRT-048370
    The applicant requests renewal of a permit to import biological 
samples from all species of wild, captive-bred, and/or captive-held 
specimens for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the 
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Ricardo Longoria, Laredo TX; PRT-192404
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of their captive-bred 
wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus 
duvaucelii), Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii) and Arabian oryx (Oryx 
leucoryx), to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification 
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year 
period.
Applicant: Virginia Zoological Park, Norfolk, VA; PRT-676511
    The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the family Equidae to 
enhance their propagation or survival. This notification covers 
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Busch Gardens, Tampa, FL; PRT-692283
    The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the familys Hominidae and 
Rhinocerotidae and the species Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), to 
enhance their propagation or survival. This notification covers 
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: New England Aquarium Corp., Boston, MA; PRT-59781A
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus) to enhance 
their propagation or survival. This notification covers activities to 
be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Phoenix Herpetological Society, Scottsdale, AZ; PRT-19818A
    The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the Aruba island 
rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus unicolor), to enhance their propagation 
or survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the 
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Stephen Chan, El Cajon, CA; PRT-197162
    The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise (Astrochelys 
radiata) to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification 
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year 
period.
Applicant: Jeffrey Hunter, San Francisco, CA; PRT-091931
    The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise (Astrochelys 
radiata), to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification 
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year 
period.
Applicant: James Pfarr, Everett, WA; PRT-201582
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) to enhance 
their propagation or survival. This notification covers activities to 
be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Matson's Laboratory, Milltown, MT; PRT-096048
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of a permit to import 
samples such as teeth from wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) from 
government-managed herds such as the Mackenzie Sanctuary herd and the 
Nahanni population in Canada for the purpose of scientific research. 
This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant 
over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA; PRT-50819A
    The applicant requests a permit to export and reimport nonliving 
museum specimens of endangered and threatened species previously

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accessioned into the applicant's collection for scientific research. 
This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant 
over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Duke Lemur Center, Durham, NC; PRT-56737A
    The applicant requests a permit to import biological specimens 
collected from silky sifakas (Propithecus diadema candidus) in the wild 
in Madagascar for the purpose of scientific research.
Multiple Applicants
    The following applicants each request a permit to import the sport-
hunted trophy of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) 
culled from a captive herd maintained under the management program of 
the Republic of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the 
survival of the species.
    Applicant: Ronald Bain, New Haven, MO; PRT-59367A.
    Applicant: James Moses, Houston, TX; PRT-59496A.
    Applicant: Glen Hudson, Weston, FL; PRT-59085A.
    Applicant: Paxton Motheral, Fort Worth, TX; PRT-58509A.
    Applicant: Lloyd Douglas, Aledo, TX; PRT-59287A.
    Applicant: Jill Holstead, Houston, TX; PRT-59495A.

Correction

    On October 28, 2011, we published a Federal Register notice 
inviting the public to comment on several applications for permits to 
conduct certain activities with endangered species (76 FR 66954). We 
made an error by omitting one animal in Leonard Voyle's application 
(PRT-57362A), which starts in the first column on page 66955. The 
omission is for an additional male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus 
pygargus), for a total of two animals, not one. All the other 
information we printed was correct. With this notice, we correct that 
error and reopen the comment period for PRT-57362A. The corrected entry 
for this application is as follows:
Applicant: Leonard Voyles, Richmond, TX; PRT-57362A
    The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy 
of two male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus), culled from a 
captive herd maintained under the management program of the Republic of 
South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the 
species.

Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2011-31590 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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