Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 81 / Thursday, April 26, 2001 / Notices 21007

Applicant: Woodland Park Zoological

Gardens, Seattle, WA, PRT–040332.

The applicant requests a permit to

import one female jaguar (Panthera

onca) from the Bolivian Community

Project, Trinidad, Bolivia for the

purpose of enhancement of the survival

of the species through captive

propagation and conservation

education.

Applicant: Amon L. Baucom,

Charlotte, NC, PRT–041084.

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: Monte J. Brough,

Wellsville, UT, PRT–041040.

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: University of Montana,

Missoula, MT, PRT–041298.

The applicant request a permit to reexport biological samples from argali

(Ovis ammon) to Dr. Gordon Luikart,

CNRS, Grenoble , France, for the

purpose of scientific research on the

systematics of wild sheep. Samples

were originally salvaged from animals

found dead in the wild in China and

imported under permit # U.S. 830751.

Applicant: Joe M. Thompson, Bonsall,

CA, PRT–041360.

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: Hawthorn Corporation,

Grayslake, IL, PRT–039541.

The applicant requests a permit to

export and re-import captive-born tigers

(Panthera tigris) and progeny of the

animals currently held by the applicant

and any animals acquired in the United

States by the applicant to/from

worldwide locations to enhance the

survival of the species through

conservation education. This

notification covers activities conducted

by the applicant over a three year

period.

Marine Mammals

The public is invited to comment on

the following application(s) for a permit

to conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application(s) 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).

Written data, comments, or requests

for copies of these complete

applications or requests for a public

hearing on these applications should be

sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Division of Management

Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

700, Arlington, Virginia 22203,

telephone 703/358–2104 or fax 703/

358–2281. These requests 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 a

hearing is at the discretion of the

Director.

Applicant: United States Fish and

Wildlife Service/Marine Mammal

Management, Anchorage, AK PRT–

041309.

Permit Type: Take for scientific

research.

Name and Number of Animals:

Northern sea otter, (Enhydra lutris lutis),

Variable.

Summary of Activity To Be

Authorized: The applicant requests a

permit to conduct aerial and/or skiff

surveys of Northern sea otters wherever

they occur in the State of Alaska, that

may result in Level B harassment, for

the purpose of scientific research and

population studies.

Source of Marine Mammals: Free

ranging.

Period of Activity: 5 years.

Applicant: The Baltimore Zoo,

Baltimore, MD, PRT–040039.

Permit Type: Import for public

display.

Name and Number of Animals: Polar

Bear (Ursus maritimus), 0.1.

Summary of Activity To Be

Authorized: The applicant requests a

permit to import a captive held adult

polar bear for the purpose of public

display and conservation education.

Source of Marine Mammals: One

captive held adult animal currently

housed at the Jardin de Quebec

Zoologique, Quebec, Canada.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Division of Management Authority is

forwarding copies of the above

applications to the Marine Mammal

Commission and the Committee of

Scientific Advisors for their review.

Applicant: Michael A. Carpinito,

Kent, WA, PRT–041421.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population taken during

March 2001, in Canada for personal use.

Applicant: William D. Bray, Marble

Falls, TX, PRT–041037.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Southern

Beaufort Sea polar bear population

taken during March 2001, in Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: Danny Deshotels,

Lettsworth, LA, PRT–041046.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Landcaster Sound

polar bear population taken during

March 2001, in Canada for personal use.

Applicant: John M. Saba, JR.,

Sarasota, FL, PRT–041359.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Northern Beaufort

Sea polar bear population taken during

March 2001, in Canada for personal use.

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: March 13, 2001.

Anna Barry,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 01–10336 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

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.

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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 the

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. However, we will not

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 May 29,

2001.

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: Homosassa Springs

Wildlife State Park, Tom Linley, Park

Manager, Homosassa, Florida

TE040783–0

The applicant requests authorization

to take (Hold in Captivity) twelve Key

deer. Odocoileus virginianus clavium,

for the purposes of maintaining a

captive population to provide a safety

net for the wild population if a natural

disaster, i.e., catastrophic hurricane,

were to occur, and to provide

educational opportunities for the

general public. Odocoileus virginianus

clavium will be transferred from the

National Key Deer Refuge, Big Pine Key,

Monroe County, Florida to the

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park,

Homossa, Citrus County, Florida.

Applicant: U.S. Forest ServiceSavannah River, Donald W. Imm, Acting

Assistant Manager Wildlife, Fisheries,

and Botany, New Ellenton, South

Carolina, TE040792–0.

The applicant requests authorization

to take (harass during capturing,

banding, releasing, monitoring, and

habitat management) the Red-cockaded

woodpecker, Picoides borealis, for the

purposes of managing the populations

on the Department of Energy Savannah

River Site. The proposed activities will

take place in Aiken, Barnwell, and

Allendale Counties, South Carolina.

Dated: April 12, 2001.

Sam D. Hamilton,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–10377 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Recovery Plan for the Howell’s

Spectacular Thelypody (Thelypodium

howellii ssp. spectabilis) for Review

and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, announce the

availability for public review of a draft

recovery plan for the Howell’s

spectacular thelypody (Thelypodium

howellii ssp. spectabilis). This

threatened plant, a member of the

mustard family, occurs on fewer than 12

small sites located within 100 acres of

private lands near North Powder and

Haines in eastern Oregon (Baker and

Union Counties).

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan received by June 25, 2001, will be

considered by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan are available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the following location: Snake

River Basin Office, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1387 S. Vinnell Way,

Suite 368, Boise, Idaho 83709 (phone:

208/378–5243). Requests for copies of

the draft recovery plan and written

comments and materials regarding this

plan should be addressed to Robert

Ruesink, Field Supervisor, at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edna Vizgirdas, Fish and Wildlife

Biologist, at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, we are working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for downlisting or delisting

listed species, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.), requires the development of

recovery plans for listed species unless

such a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act requires that

public notice and an opportunity for

public review and comment be provided

during recovery plan development. We

will consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plans. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plans, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

The Howell’s spectacular thelypody

was listed as a threatened species on

June 25, 1999. This taxon is endemic to

the Baker-Powder River Valley in