[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34660-34661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16872]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permits for Marine Mammals

    On March 4, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 43, Page 10931, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by John Kloosterman, Tucson, AZ, for a 
permit (PRT-839518) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken prior to April 30, 1994, from the Baffin Bay 
population, Northwest Territories, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on June 4, 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 19, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Fred D. Rich, Portland, TX, for a 
permit (PRT-840250) 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 June 4, 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 19, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 53, Page 13423, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Robert L. Zachrich, Holgate, OH, for a 
permit

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(PRT-840287) 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 June 4, 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 4, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 43, Page 10931, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the Jacksonville Field Office, USFWS, 
Jacksonville, FL, for renewal and amendment of a permit (PRT-770191) 
for enhancement of West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) through 
recovery, rehabilitation and release.
    Notice is hereby given that on May 13, 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 April 9, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 63, Page 17436, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the Long Beach Aquarium of the 
Pacific, Long Beach, CA, for a permit (PRT-840350) for enhancement of 
two southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) through public 
education.
    Notice is hereby given that on June 1, 1998, the application 
request was withdrawn. The Service has authorized the Long Beach 
Aquarium to maintain these sea otters for continued rehabilitation 
under section 109(h) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
    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 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 
(703) 358-2104 or Fax (703) 358-2281.

    Dated: June 19, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-16872 Filed 6-24-98; 8:45 am]
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