[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77006-77008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31590]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2011-N257; FXGO16710900000P5-123-FF09A30000]
Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit;
Correction
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. We also invite
comment on a previously published application that has been corrected.
DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before
January 9, 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
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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 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: Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc., Baltimore, MD;
PRT-55564A
The applicant requests a permit to re-export biological samples
from Eastern lowland gorillas (Gorilla berengei), for the purpose of
enhancement of the survival of the species.
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center,
Madison, WI; PRT-048370
The applicant requests renewal of a permit to import biological
samples from all species of wild, captive-bred, and/or captive-held
specimens for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the
species. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Ricardo Longoria, Laredo TX; PRT-192404
The applicant requests renewal and amendment of their captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus
duvaucelii), Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii) and Arabian oryx (Oryx
leucoryx), to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year
period.
Applicant: Virginia Zoological Park, Norfolk, VA; PRT-676511
The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the family Equidae to
enhance their propagation or survival. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Busch Gardens, Tampa, FL; PRT-692283
The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the familys Hominidae and
Rhinocerotidae and the species 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.
Applicant: New England Aquarium Corp., Boston, MA; PRT-59781A
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus) to enhance
their propagation or survival. This notification covers activities to
be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Phoenix Herpetological Society, Scottsdale, AZ; PRT-19818A
The applicant requests amendment of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include the Aruba island
rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus unicolor), to enhance their propagation
or survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Stephen Chan, El Cajon, CA; PRT-197162
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise (Astrochelys
radiata) to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year
period.
Applicant: Jeffrey Hunter, San Francisco, CA; PRT-091931
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise (Astrochelys
radiata), to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year
period.
Applicant: James Pfarr, Everett, WA; PRT-201582
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) to enhance
their propagation or survival. This notification covers activities to
be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Matson's Laboratory, Milltown, MT; PRT-096048
The applicant requests renewal and amendment of a permit to import
samples such as teeth from wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) from
government-managed herds such as the Mackenzie Sanctuary herd and the
Nahanni population in Canada for the purpose of scientific research.
This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant
over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA; PRT-50819A
The applicant requests a permit to export and reimport nonliving
museum specimens of endangered and threatened species previously
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accessioned into the applicant's collection for scientific research.
This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant
over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Duke Lemur Center, Durham, NC; PRT-56737A
The applicant requests a permit to import biological specimens
collected from silky sifakas (Propithecus diadema candidus) in the wild
in Madagascar for the purpose of scientific research.
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: Ronald Bain, New Haven, MO; PRT-59367A.
Applicant: James Moses, Houston, TX; PRT-59496A.
Applicant: Glen Hudson, Weston, FL; PRT-59085A.
Applicant: Paxton Motheral, Fort Worth, TX; PRT-58509A.
Applicant: Lloyd Douglas, Aledo, TX; PRT-59287A.
Applicant: Jill Holstead, Houston, TX; PRT-59495A.
Correction
On October 28, 2011, we published a Federal Register notice
inviting the public to comment on several applications for permits to
conduct certain activities with endangered species (76 FR 66954). We
made an error by omitting one animal in Leonard Voyle's application
(PRT-57362A), which starts in the first column on page 66955. The
omission is for an additional male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
pygargus), for a total of two animals, not one. All the other
information we printed was correct. With this notice, we correct that
error and reopen the comment period for PRT-57362A. The corrected entry
for this application is as follows:
Applicant: Leonard Voyles, Richmond, TX; PRT-57362A
The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy
of two 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.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2011-31590 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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