[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16292-16293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05920]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-IA-2013-N067: 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
April 15, 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) 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: Birmingham Zoo, Inc. Birmingham, AL; PRT-675484
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following families, and
species, to enhance their propagation or survival. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year
period.
Families:
Cebidae
Cercopithecidae
Felidae (does not include jaguar, margay or ocelot)
Hominidae
Hylobatidae
Lemuridae
Rhinocerotidae
Tapiridae
Accipitridae
Applicant: Animal Conservation Unlimited, dba Animal Interaction Design
Group, Virginia Beach, VA; PRT-93580A
The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import 4 male
captive hatched jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) to and from
Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for the purpose of
enhancement of the survival of the species through temporary
exhibition. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 1-year period.
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Applicant: The Young Scholar, Medina, OH; PRT-98777A
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.
Applicant: Deborah Voyles, Richmond, TX; PRT-98787A
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the 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: Deborah Voyles, Richmond, TX; PRT-98788A
The applicant requests a permit authorizing interstate and foreign
commerce, export, and cull of excess scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx
dammah), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), 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 to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Marcus Franco de Andrade, Miramar, FL; PRT-98491A
The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under
50 CFR 17.21(g) for the red siskin (Carduelis cucullata) to enhance the
species' propagation or survival. This notification covers activities
to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: William Espenshade, San Diego, CA; PRT-98490A
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.
Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego; PRT-96390A
The applicant requests a permit to import eight captive-bred
African slender-snout crocodiles (Crocodylus cataphractus) from Zoo
National D'Abidjan, Abidjan, Cote D'ivoire to Zoological Society of San
Diego, San Diego, California for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species through breeding. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland OH; PRT-692874
The applicant requests renewal of their captive-bred wildlife
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following families, genus
and species, to enhance their propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Families:
Bovidae
Cebidae
Cercopithecidae
Felidae (does not include jaguar, margay or ocelot)
Hominidae
Lemuridae
Lorisidae
Rhinocerotidae
Tapiridae
Gruidae
Threskiornithidae
Genus:
Tragopan
Species:
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Applicant: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL; PRT-698170
The applicant requests renewal of their permit to export and re-
import non-living museum/herbarium specimens of endangered and
threatened species of plants and animals (excluding bald eagles)
previously legally accessioned into the permittee's collection for
scientific research. This notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Brandon Turner, Mobile, AL; PRT-98930A
The applicant requests a permit to import a 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.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2013-05920 Filed 3-13-13; 8:45 am]
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