Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of 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: Roosevelt Park Zoo, Minot, ND, PRT-815150.

The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce

a female African leopard (Panthera pardus) from Wille's Wildlife Zoo

for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species through

propagation.

Applicant: American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Rhino Taxon Advisory

Group, Cumberland, OH, PRT-815151.

The applicant requests a permit to import three non-native free-

ranging female Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)

from Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, for the purposes of

enhancement of the survivial of the species through captive-

propagation.

Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI, PRT-815230.

The applicant requests a permit to export one male Gray wolf (Canis

lupis) to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo, Seoul, Korea, for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the species through propagation.

Applicant: Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Sasabe, AZ, PRT-

814486.

The applicant requests a permit to export 10 captive hatched masked

bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) to the El Centro

Ecologico de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico to enhance the survival

of the species through conservation education.

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 430, 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

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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 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone:

(703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-2281).

Dated: May 24, 1996.

Mary Ellen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 96-13567 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]

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