[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2314-2315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-682]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-IA-2012-N006; FXGO16710900000P5-123-FF09A30000]


Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit

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.

DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before 
February 16, 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 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

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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: Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA; PRT-62113A
    The applicant requests a permit to import one captive-born male 
Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) from Japan, for the purpose of 
enhancement of the survival of the species.
Applicant: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE; PRT-62434A
    The applicant requests a permit to import one captive-born male 
snow leopard (Uncia uncia) from Canada for the purpose of enhancement 
of the survival of the species.
Applicant: Houston Zoo, Inc., Houston, TX; PRT-697763
    The applicant requests amendment to their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the red-crowned crane 
(Grus japonensis) to enhance their propagation or survival. This 
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 
5-year period.
Applicant: ADLSeven Hunting Ranch LLC, Crystal City, TX; PRT-62429A
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the barashigha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer 
(Rucervus eldii), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), scimitar-horned oryx 
(Oryx dammah), Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), and dama gazelle (Nanger 
dama) to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification 
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year 
period.
Applicant: Hahn Laboratory/University of Pennsylvania School of 
Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; PRT-54173A
    The applicant requests a permit to import chimpanzee (Pan 
troglodytes) biological samples from Cameroon for the purpose of 
enhancement to the survival of the species. This notification covers 
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
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: Donald Hotter, Colstrip, MT; PRT-30686A
Applicant: Stanley Coman, Clancy, MT; PRT-61274A
Correction
    On January 4, 2012, we published a Federal Register notice inviting 
the public to comment on several applications for permits to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species (77 FR 298). We provided an 
incorrect permit number in our description of the Feld Entertainment 
application, which starts in the second column on page 300. We printed 
the incorrect number of PRT-702230. That number should have been PRT-
720230. All the other information we printed was correct. With this 
notice, we correct that error and extend the comment period for the 
Feld Entertainment application (see DATES). The complete corrected 
entry for this application is as follows:
Applicant: Feld Entertainment Inc., Vienna, VA; PRT-720230
    The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for leopard (Panthera pardus) and 
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.

Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
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