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[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27744-27745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13337]

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On February 20, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 34, Page 8658, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by John Abercrombie, Las 
Vegas, NV, for a permit (PRT-839323) to import a sport-hunted polar 
bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy taken from the Southern Beaufort Sea 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 16, 1998, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On February 20, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 34, Page 8658, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Wallace D. Gott, Upland, 
CA, for a permit (PRT-839315) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the 
Northern Beaufort Sea population, Northwest Territories, Canada, for 
personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 16, 1998, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

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    On March 13, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 49, Page 12498, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Edwin E. Smith, Houston, TX, for a 
permit (PRT-838493) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Lancaster 
Sound population, Northwest Territories, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 27, 1998, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On March 13, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 49, Page 12498, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Dan L. Duncan, Houston, TX, for a 
permit (PRT-838492) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Lancaster 
Sound population, Northwest Territories, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 27, 1998, as authorized by the 
provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    Documents and other information submitted for these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request to 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 
(703) 358-2104 or Fax (703) 358-2281.

    Dated: May 14, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-13337 Filed 5-19-98; 8:45 am]
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