Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

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Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

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

DMAFR@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 (telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax);

DMAFR@fws.gov

(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 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

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.

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