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.):

PRT-820329

Applicant: Mark Malfatti, Belmont, CA

The applicant requests a permit to acquire in interstate commerce

one pair of captive born Grand Cayman Rock iguana (Cyclura nubila

lewisi) for the purpose of enhancement of the species through captive

breeding.

PRT-826258

Applicant: Monte L. Bean Life Sciences Museum, Brigham Young

University, Provo, UT.

Applicant requests a permit to import the skin of one cheetah

(Acinonyx jubatus) which died of natural causes at Hoedspruit Cheetah

Project, South Africa, for the purpose of conservation education.

PRT-826004

Applicant: Samuel Allen, Clackamas, OR.

The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy

of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas) 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.

PRT-751198

Applicant: Kelly A. Young, Las Vegas, Nevada.

The applicant requests a permit to reexport and reimport Black

leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri), tiger (Panthera tigris), and

progeny of the animals currently held by the applicant and any animals

acquired in the United States by the applicant to/from worldwide

locations to enhance the survival of the species through conservation

education. This notificatation covers activities conducted by the

applicant over a three year period.

PRT-826402

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York.

The applicant requests a permit to import two male Pink pigeon

(Columba mayeri) from Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Mauritius for

the purpose of enhancement of the species through conservation

education and captive breeding.

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.

The public is invited to comment on the following application(s)

for permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The

application(s) was/were submitted to satisfy requirements of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine mammals (50 CFR 18).

PRT-740507

Applicant: Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, Anchorage, AK.

Type of Permit: Take/Import for Scientific Research.

Name and Number of Animals: Alaskan sea otter (Enhydra lutris

lutris).

Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant has requested

amendments to and reissuance of a previously issued permit for the

following activites: (a) take of up to 325 Alaskan sea otters (includes

capture and release of 200, and capture/recapture, collect biological

samples, flipper tag, implant transponder chip for 125 and, of the 125,

surgically implant 111 with a radio transmitter), (b) collection of

biological samples from salvaged specimens found dead on Alaskan

beaches, or in Alaskan waters or as may be available through the Native

Alaskan subsistence harvest, and (c) import of tissue samples from sea

otters in Canada and Russia.

Source of Marine Mammals for Research/Public Display: Alaska,

Canada, and Russia.

Period of Activity: Up to five years from issuance of a permit, if

issued.

Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, the Office of Management Authority is forwarding copies of

this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committee of

Scientific Advisors for their review.

Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete

application, or requests for a public hearing on this application

should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 430, Arlington,

Virginia 22203, telephone 703/358-2104 or fax 703/358-2281 and must be

received within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice.

Anyone requesting a hearing should give specific reasons why a hearing

would be appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion

of the Director.

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 within 30 days of the date of

publication of this notice at the above address.

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Dated: March 18, 1997.

Margaret Tieger,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97-7297 Filed 3-21-97; 8:45 am]

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