[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19713]


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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-014030

Applicant: Tim H. Pham, Kingstowne, VA

    The applicant requests a permit to import six captive-bred Asian 
bonytongue fish (Scleropages formosus) from a CITES-registered breeder, 
Panda Aquatic, Singapore, for the purpose of enhancement of the species 
through captive-breeding.

PRT-015107

Applicant: Ralph E. Bolda, Alpena, MI

    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.

PRT-015128

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society, Flushing, NY

    The applicant requests a permit for interstate commerce of three 
male and two female captive-bred thick-billed parrots (Rhynchopsitta p. 
pachyrhyncha) from Florida, for the purpose of enhancement of the 
survival of the species through captive breeding.

PRT-014509

Applicant: Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE

    The applicant requests a permit to import from Thailand and 
Indonesia biological samples taken from wild and captive-held (wild-
born) Javan banteng (Bos javanicus) for the purpose of enhancement of 
the species through scientific research. This notification covers 
activities conducted by the applicant for a period of five years.

PRT-01437

Applicant: International Center for Gibbon Studies, Santa Clarita, 
CA

    The applicant requests a permit to import one pileated gibbon 
(Hylobates pileatus) from the Twycross Zoo, England, for the purpose of 
enhancement of the species through propagation and scientific research.

PRT-784934

Applicant: Jeffrey R. Powell, New Haven, CT

    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to import from 
Ecuador blood samples taken from wild Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone 
nigra) for the purposes of enhancement of the species through 
scientific research. This notification covers activities conducted by 
the applicant for a period of five years.
    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: July 26, 1999.
Kristen Nelson,
 Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 99-19713 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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