98-3541. Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 7177]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On December 11, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 238, Page 65281, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by George Kalb for a permit 
(PRT-837107) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 
trophy taken from the Southern Beaufort Sea population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 29,1998, 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 August 28, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 62, No. 167, Page 45674, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Collins Kellogg, Sr. for a permit 
(PRT-833625) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 
trophy taken from the Lancaster Sound population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada, prior to April 30, 1994.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 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 November 14, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 220, Page 61139, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Curtis H. Springer for a 
permit (PRT 835829) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken from the South Beaufort Sea population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on January 9, 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 
[phone] or Fax [phone].

    Dated: February 6, 1998.
Mary Ellen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-3541 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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