[Federal Register: October 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 203)] [Notices] [Page 56801-56802] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr21oc99-84] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-014420 Applicant: Thomas Leuteritz, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA The applicant requests a permit to import blood samples from Radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) collected in the wild in Madagascar, for scientific research. PRT-016034 Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce three male and four female captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) from the Bridgeport Nature Center, Inc., Bridgeport, Texas, for export to Safari Park Qin Huang Dao, Qinhuangdao, China for the purpose of public display and conservation education. PRT-016035 Applicant: International Animal Exchange, Ferndale, MI The applicant requests a permit to purchase in interstate commerce four male and three female captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) from the Bridgeport Nature Center, Inc., Bridgeport, Texas, for export to Beijing Badaling Wild Animal World, Beijing, China for the purpose of public display and conservation education. PRT-015401 Applicant: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati, OH The applicant requests a permit to export one male captive-born Komodo Island monitor (Varanus komodoensis) to the North of England Zoological Society, Chester, United Kingdom, for the purpose of enhancement of the species through propagation. PRT-018063 Applicant: Randy Miller, Big Bear City, CA The applicant requests a permit to export and re-import tigers (Panthera tigris) and progeny of the animals currently held by the applicant and any animals acquired in the United States by the applicant to/from worldwide locations to enhance the survival of the species through conservation education. This notification covers activities [[Page 56802]] conducted by the applicant over a three year period. PRT-017745 Applicant: Jeffrey R. Powell, Yale University, New Haven, CT The applicant requests a permit to re-export up to 5000 blood samples collected from wild Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra) to Michel C. Milinkovitch, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Gosselies, Belgium, for the purpose of enhancement of the species through scientific research. 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: October 18, 1999. Kristen Nelson, Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority. [FR Doc. 99-27502 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P