[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56801-56802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27502]
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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-014420
Applicant: Thomas Leuteritz, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
The applicant requests a permit to import blood samples from
Radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) collected in the wild in
Madagascar, for scientific research.
PRT-016034
Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI
The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce
three male and four female captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) from
the Bridgeport Nature Center, Inc., Bridgeport, Texas, for export to
Safari Park Qin Huang Dao, Qinhuangdao, China for the purpose of public
display and conservation education.
PRT-016035
Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI
The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce
four male and three female captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) from
the Bridgeport Nature Center, Inc., Bridgeport, Texas, for export to
Beijing Badaling Wild Animal World, Beijing, China for the purpose of
public display and conservation education.
PRT-015401
Applicant: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati, OH
The applicant requests a permit to export one male captive-born
Komodo Island monitor (Varanus komodoensis) to the North of England
Zoological Society, Chester, United Kingdom, for the purpose of
enhancement of the species through propagation.
PRT-018063
Applicant: Randy Miller, Big Bear City, CA
The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import 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
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conducted by the applicant over a three year period.
PRT-017745
Applicant: Jeffrey R. Powell, Yale University, New Haven, CT
The applicant requests a permit to re-export up to 5000 blood
samples collected from wild Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra) to
Michel C. Milinkovitch, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Gosselies,
Belgium, for the purpose of enhancement of the species through
scientific research.
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 700, 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
700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358-2104); FAX: (703/358-
2281).
Dated: October 18, 1999.
Kristen Nelson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 99-27502 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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