94-22758. Notice of Receipt of Applications for Permit

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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.):

Applicant: Matson's Laboratory, Milltown, MT, PRT-793989

    The applicant requests a permit to import 25 teeth from wood bison 
(Bison bison athabascae) obtained from animals legally taken in the 
Northwest Territories, Canada, in a government authorized hunt. The 
teeth will be used for age determinations to study population dynamics 
of the species.

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, PRT-794086

    The applicant requests a permit to export one Gelada baboon 
(Theropithecus gelada) and six Brow antlered deer (Cervus eldi thamin) 
to Zoofari, Tlalpan, Mexico, for enhancement of the species through 
propagation.
    The public is invited to comment on the following application(s) 
for permits to conduct certain activities with marine mammals. The 
application(s) was/were 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).
    Applicant: National Biological Survey, Anchorage AK, PRT-789245
    Type of Permit: Import and export of preserved, dried or embedded 
specimens of sea otter.
    Name and Number of Animals: Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), unlimited.
    Summary of Activity to be Authorized: Applicant requests a permit 
to import and export accessioned museum specimens with other scientific 
institutions and museums for scientific studies.
    Period of Activity: Four Years.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Office of Management Authority is fowarding copies of 
this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Committe of 
Scientific Advisors for their review.
    Written data or comments, requests for copies of the complete 
application, or requests for a public hearing on this application 
should be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of 
Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington, 
Virginia 22203, telephone [phone] or fax [phone] and 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 hearing is at the discretion 
of the Director.
    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 within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice at the above address.

    Dated: September 9, 1994.
Caroline Anderson,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-22758 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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