Receipt of Applications for Permit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Receipt of Applications for Permit

The following applicants have applied 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.):

Applicant: Ellen T. Bauder, San Diego, CA, PRT-788074.

The applicant requests a permit to remove and reduce to possession

no more than 2 percent of seeds, plant parts or whole plants of the

following endangered plants: San Diego button celery (Eryngium

aristulatum ssp. parishii), San Diego mesa mint (Pogogyne abramsii),

Otay mesa mint (P. nudiuscula) and California Orcutt grass (Orcuttia

californica) from vernal pools in and around Naval Air Station,

Miramar, California, for scientific research on systematics, population

dynamics, seed germination, and restoration of vernal pools. Soil

samples will be taken from each collection site in Riverside, San

Diego, and Orange Counties, California, and may contain Riverside fairy

shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni).

Applicant: Zool. Society of San Diego, Escondido, CA, PRT-788682.

The applicant requests a permit to import one captive-bred female

kiang (Equus hemionus holdereri) from Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany,

to enhance the propagation of the species through captive breeding.

Applicant: Brian Bock, Athens, OH, PRT-788597.

The applicant requests a permit to collect blood and tissue samples

from tartaruga (Podocnemis expansa) and tracaja (Podocnemis unifilis)

from Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the species through genetic analysis.

Sampling will result in sacrificing the specimens.

Written data or comments should be submitted to the Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 432, Arlington, Virginia 22203 and must be received

by the Director within 30 days of the date of this publication.

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 to the following office within 30

days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Office of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, room

420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/

358-2281).

Dated: April 28, 1994.

Margaret Tieger,

Acting Chief Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 94-10602 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]

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