[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54479-54481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21445]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-IA-2013-N202; FXIA16710900000P5-123-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
October 4, 2013.
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)
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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 street 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 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 on these
permit applications before final action is taken.
III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: Zoological Wildlife Foundation Inc., Miami, FL; PRT-96647A
The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the clouded leopard
(Neofelis nebulosa) to enhance their propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: Melvin Pack, Provo, UT; PRT-150838
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for red siskin (Carduelis
cucullata), to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year
period.
Applicant: James Keller, San Manuel, TX; PRT-14206B
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) to enhance the
species' propagation or survival. This notification covers activities
to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: James Keller, San Manuel, TX; PRT-14207B
The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign
commerce, export, and cull of excess scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)
from the captive herd maintained at their facility, for the purpose of
enhancement of the survival of the species. This notification covers
activities over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Tularosa Clark Ranch, LLC, Brackettville, TX; PRT-14133B
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer
(Rucervus eldii), scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), Arabian oryx
(Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle (Nanger
dama), and red lechwe (Kobus leche) to enhance the species' propagation
or survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Tularosa Clark Ranch, LLC, Brackettville, TX; PRT-14200B
The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign
commerce, export, and cull of excess barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii),
scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax
(Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle (Nanger dama), and red lechwe
(Kobus leche) from the captive herd maintained at their facility, for
the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. This
notification covers activities over a 5-year period.
Applicant: DFR Ranch, San Angelo, TX; PRT-14386B
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer
(Rucervus eldii), scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), Arabian oryx
(Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle (Nanger
dama), and red lechwe (Kobus leche) to enhance the species' propagation
or survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: DFR Ranch, San Angelo, TX; PRT-14385B
The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign
commerce, export, and cull of excess barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii),
Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii), scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah),
Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), dama gazelle
(Nanger dama), and red lechwe (Kobus leche) from the captive herd
maintained at their facility, for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species. This notification covers activities over a 5-
year period.
Applicant: John Moody, Valley Mills, TX; PRT-14274B
The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign
commerce, export, and cull of excess scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)
from the captive herd maintained at their facility, for the purpose of
enhancement of the survival of the species. This notification covers
activities over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DC; PRT-
12904B
The applicant requests a permit to import one captive born and two
captive held female Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from Calgary Zoo,
Canada, to enhance the species' propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: Bryan Zaher, Palmer, AK; PRT-14421B
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra),
radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), spotted pond turtle (Geoclemys
hamiltonii), and yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) to
enhance the species' propagation or survival. This notification covers
activities to be
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conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Custom Reptiles, Boerne, TX; PRT-15141B
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), black and
white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), red ruffed lemur (Varecia
rubra), black lemur (Eulemur macaco), brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus),
cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis
nigra), radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), spotted pond turtle
(Geoclemys hamiltonii), yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis
unifilis), dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), Yacare caiman
(Caiman yacare), broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris), Cuban
ground iguana (Cyclura nubila nubila), Grand Cayman blue iguana
(Cyclura lewisi), and Cayman Brac ground iguana (Cyclura nubila
caymanensis) to enhance the species' propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: Jeremy Sabatini, Brewster, NY; PRT-15137B
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) to
enhance the species' propagation or survival. 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: Michael Heim, Houston, TX; PRT-14209B
Applicant: Coby Bausch, Iraan, TX; PRT-13144B
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
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