[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54479-54481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21445]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-IA-2013-N202; FXIA16710900000P5-123-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 
October 4, 2013.

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)

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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 street 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 on these 
permit applications before final action is taken.

III. Permit Applications

A. Endangered Species

Applicant: Zoological Wildlife Foundation Inc., Miami, FL; PRT-96647A
    The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the clouded leopard 
(Neofelis nebulosa) to enhance their propagation or survival. This 
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 
5-year period.
Applicant: Melvin Pack, Provo, UT; PRT-150838
    The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for red siskin (Carduelis 
cucullata), to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification 
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year 
period.
Applicant: James Keller, San Manuel, TX; PRT-14206B
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) to enhance the 
species' propagation or survival. This notification covers activities 
to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: James Keller, San Manuel, TX; PRT-14207B
    The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign 
commerce, export, and cull of excess scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) 
from the captive herd maintained at their facility, for the purpose of 
enhancement of the survival of the species. This notification covers 
activities over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Tularosa Clark Ranch, LLC, Brackettville, TX; PRT-14133B
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer 
(Rucervus eldii), scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), Arabian oryx 
(Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle (Nanger 
dama), and red lechwe (Kobus leche) to enhance the species' propagation 
or survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the 
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Tularosa Clark Ranch, LLC, Brackettville, TX; PRT-14200B
    The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign 
commerce, export, and cull of excess barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), 
scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax 
(Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle (Nanger dama), and red lechwe 
(Kobus leche) from the captive herd maintained at their facility, for 
the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. This 
notification covers activities over a 5-year period.
Applicant: DFR Ranch, San Angelo, TX; PRT-14386B
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer 
(Rucervus eldii), scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), Arabian oryx 
(Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle (Nanger 
dama), and red lechwe (Kobus leche) to enhance the species' propagation 
or survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the 
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: DFR Ranch, San Angelo, TX; PRT-14385B
    The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign 
commerce, export, and cull of excess barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), 
Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii), scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), 
Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle 
(Nanger dama), and red lechwe (Kobus leche) from the captive herd 
maintained at their facility, for the purpose of enhancement of the 
survival of the species. This notification covers activities over a 5-
year period.
Applicant: John Moody, Valley Mills, TX; PRT-14274B
    The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign 
commerce, export, and cull of excess scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) 
from the captive herd maintained at their facility, for the purpose of 
enhancement of the survival of the species. This notification covers 
activities over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DC; PRT-
12904B
    The applicant requests a permit to import one captive born and two 
captive held female Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from Calgary Zoo, 
Canada, to enhance the species' propagation or survival. This 
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 
5-year period.
Applicant: Bryan Zaher, Palmer, AK; PRT-14421B
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra), 
radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), spotted pond turtle (Geoclemys 
hamiltonii), and yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) to 
enhance the species' propagation or survival. This notification covers 
activities to be

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conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Custom Reptiles, Boerne, TX; PRT-15141B
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), black and 
white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), red ruffed lemur (Varecia 
rubra), black lemur (Eulemur macaco), brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus), 
cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis 
nigra), radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), spotted pond turtle 
(Geoclemys hamiltonii), yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis 
unifilis), dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), Yacare caiman 
(Caiman yacare), broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris), Cuban 
ground iguana (Cyclura nubila nubila), Grand Cayman blue iguana 
(Cyclura lewisi), and Cayman Brac ground iguana (Cyclura nubila 
caymanensis) to enhance the species' propagation or survival. This 
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 
5-year period.
Applicant: Jeremy Sabatini, Brewster, NY; PRT-15137B
    The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) to 
enhance the species' propagation or survival. 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: Michael Heim, Houston, TX; PRT-14209B
Applicant: Coby Bausch, Iraan, TX; PRT-13144B

Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2013-21445 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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