[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42589-42590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20856]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit

    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).
    Applicant: Le Grand Aquarium de Saint-Malo, Cedex, France, PRT-
832098.
    Type of Permit: Take for Public Display.
    Name and Number of Animals: Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris 
lutris), up to 24 as described below.
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: The applicant has requested a 
permit as a co-collector of up to 24 northern sea otters in Alaskan 
waters for export of 2 animals to the Le Grand Aquarium, France. This 
collection effort will be conducted concurrently with that planned for 
the Lisbon Aquarium (PRT-831644). A total of 6 animals will be 
retained. All others will be immediately released. Four of the animals 
are proposed for export to the Lisbon Aquarium and two are proposed for 
export to the Le Grand Aquarium for the purpose of public display.
    Source of Marine Mammals for Public Display: Kodiak Islands, AK.
    Period of Activity: Five years from issuance date of the 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.
    Applicant: Thomas VanEvery, Troy, MI, PRT-832642.
    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the McClintock Channel polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Applicant: Joseph Cafmeyer, Taylor, MI, PRT-832734.
    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus)

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sport-hunted from the Baffin Bay polar bear population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Applicant: Peter Mansfield, New York, NY, PRT-832731.
    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Applicant: William Shields, Yakima, WA, PRT-830610.
    The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) sport-hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada for personal use.
    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
applications, or requests for a public hearing on any of these 
applications for marine mammal permits 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 all of the 
applications listed in this notice 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.

    Dated: August 1, 1997.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-20856 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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