[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2878]


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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-824555

Applicant: University of California, San Diego, CA.

    The applicant requests a permit to import hair samples taken from 
captive-born Goeldi's marmoset (Callimico goeldii) from Switzerland for 
DNA analysis to enhance the propagation and survival of the species.

PRT-785649

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY.

    The applicant requests a renewal permit to import blood samples 
from chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), 
gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium 
simum cottoni), and African elephant (Loxodonta africana) for the 
purpose of scientific research and enhancement of survival of the 
species.

PRT-824669

Applicant: Richard Curt Rowland, Fairfield, CA.

    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-822461

Applicant: Virgil W. Binkley, Townsend, MT.

    The applicant requests a permit to import a sport-hunted cheetah 
(Acinonyx jubatus) from Namibia for the purpose of enhancement of the 
survival of the species.

PRT-824722

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY.

    The applicant requests a permit to import blood samples taken from 
wild American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Morelet's crocodile 
(Crocodylus moreletii) for the purpose of scientific research and 
enhancement of survival of the species.
    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 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: January 31, 1997.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 97-2878 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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