[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2314-2315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-682]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2012-N006; FXGO16710900000P5-123-FF09A30000]
Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal
authorization is acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before
February 16, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA
22203; fax (703) 358-2280; or email DMAFR@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104
(telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax); DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of applications or comments and
materials concerning any of the applications to the contact listed
under ADDRESSES. Please include the Federal Register notice publication
date, the PRT-number, and the name of the applicant in your request or
submission. We will not consider requests or comments sent to an email
or address not listed under ADDRESSES. If you provide an email address
in your request for copies of applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or comments as specific as possible.
Please confine your comments to issues for which we seek comments in
this notice, and explain the basis for your comments. Include
sufficient information with your comments to allow us to authenticate
any scientific or commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and
likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by
quantitative information or studies; and (2) Those that include
citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations. We
will not consider or include in our administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by others?
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will
be available for public review at the address listed under ADDRESSES.
The public may review documents and other information applicants have
sent in support of the application unless our allowing viewing would
violate the Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act. Before including
your address, phone number, email address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation responsibilities for affected
species, and
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in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along with Executive
Order 13576, ``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable
Government,'' and the President's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies of January 21, 2009--Transparency and Open
Government (74 FR 4685; January 26, 2009), which call on all Federal
agencies to promote openness and transparency in Government by
disclosing information to the public, we invite public comment before
final action on these permit applications before final action is taken.
III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA; PRT-62113A
The applicant requests a permit to import one captive-born male
Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) from Japan, for the purpose of
enhancement of the survival of the species.
Applicant: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE; PRT-62434A
The applicant requests a permit to import one captive-born male
snow leopard (Uncia uncia) from Canada for the purpose of enhancement
of the survival of the species.
Applicant: Houston Zoo, Inc., Houston, TX; PRT-697763
The applicant requests amendment to their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the red-crowned crane
(Grus japonensis) to enhance their propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: ADLSeven Hunting Ranch LLC, Crystal City, TX; PRT-62429A
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the barashigha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer
(Rucervus eldii), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), scimitar-horned oryx
(Oryx dammah), Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), and dama gazelle (Nanger
dama) to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year
period.
Applicant: Hahn Laboratory/University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; PRT-54173A
The applicant requests a permit to import chimpanzee (Pan
troglodytes) biological samples from Cameroon for the purpose of
enhancement to the survival of the species. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Multiple Applicants
The following applicants each request a permit to import the sport-
hunted trophy of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus)
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.
Applicant: Donald Hotter, Colstrip, MT; PRT-30686A
Applicant: Stanley Coman, Clancy, MT; PRT-61274A
Correction
On January 4, 2012, we published a Federal Register notice inviting
the public to comment on several applications for permits to conduct
certain activities with endangered species (77 FR 298). We provided an
incorrect permit number in our description of the Feld Entertainment
application, which starts in the second column on page 300. We printed
the incorrect number of PRT-702230. That number should have been PRT-
720230. All the other information we printed was correct. With this
notice, we correct that error and extend the comment period for the
Feld Entertainment application (see DATES). The complete corrected
entry for this application is as follows:
Applicant: Feld Entertainment Inc., Vienna, VA; PRT-720230
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for leopard (Panthera pardus) and
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), to enhance their propagation or
survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
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