00-3716. 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.):

Applicant: University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum, Madison, WI, PRT-022670.

The applicant requests a permit to import the salvaged carcasses of one brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), three Galapagos penguins (Sphenicus mendiculus), and one Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra ephippium) from the Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc., Quito, Ecuador, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival 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: [phone]); FAX: [phone]).

Dated: February 11, 2000.

Kristen Nelson,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.