Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 222 / Thursday, November 16, 2000 / Notices 69321

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

Endangered Species

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: Steven N. Mitchell, Douglas,

GA, PRT–034848

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.

Applicant: Academy of Natural

Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, PRT–

678963

The applicant requests renewal of

their permit to export and re-import

non-living museum specimens of

endangered and threatened species of

plants and animals previously

accessioned into the permittee’s

collection for scientific research. This

notification covers activities conducted

by this applicant for a period of five

years.

Marine Mammals

The public is invited to comment on

the following application for a permit to

conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application was

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: Michael Deschamps,

Brooktondale, NY, PRT–035274

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the McClintock

Channel polar bear population Canada

for personal use.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203 and must be received by

the Director within 30 days of the date

of this publication.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has

information collection approval from

OMB through February 28, 2001. OMB

Control Number 1018–0093. Federal

Agencies may not conduct or sponsor

and a person is not required to respond

to a collection of information unless it

displays a current valid OMB control

number.

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, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: November 9, 2000.

Lisa Lierheimer,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of

Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Receipt of Application for Endangered

Species Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application

for endangered species permit.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for permits 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.).

If you wish to comment, you may

submit comments by any one of several

methods. You may mail comments to

the Service’s Regional Office (see

ADDRESSES). You may also comment via

the internet to

‘‘victoria_davis@fws.gov’’. Please

submit comments over the internet as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Please also include your name and

return address in your internet message.

If you do not receive a confirmation

from the Service that we have received

your internet message, contact us

directly at either telephone number

listed below (see FURTHER INFORMATION).

Finally, you may hand deliver

comments to either Service office listed

below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is

to make comments, including names

and home addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

administrative record. We will honor

such requests to the extent allowable by

law. There may also be other

circumstances in which we would

withhold from the administrative record

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by

law. If you wish us to withhold your

name and address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comments. We will not; however,

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

DATES: Written data or comments on

these applications must be received, at

the address given below, by December

18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: 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, 1875

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis,

Permit Biologist). Telephone: 404/679–

4176; Facsimile: 404/679–7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Davis, Telephone: 404/679–

4176; Facsimile: 404/679–7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicant: Kevin J. Roe, University of

Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

TE035514–0.

The applicant requests authorization

to take the Kentucky Cave shrimp,

Palaemonias ganteri and the Alabama

Cave shrimp, Palaemonias alabamae.

Palaemonias ganteri will be obtained

throughout the species range at

Mammoth Cave National Park, Barren,

Edmonson, and Hart Counties.

Palaemonias alabamae will be obtained

throughout the species range at the

Glover-Brazelton Cave system and

Bobcat Cave, Madison, County,

Alabama. The purpose of the take to

examine morphological and molecular

characters of extant population to

accurately determine their taxonomic

and systematic status.

Dated: November 6, 2000.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

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