# Receipt of Applications for Permit
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
**SUMMARY:**
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.
**DATES:**
Written data, comments or requests must be received by April 21, 2004.
**ADDRESSES:**
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 within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203; fax (703) 358-2281.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Division of Management Authority, telephone (703) 358-2104.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Endangered Species**
The public is invited to comment on the following applications 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.* ). Written data, comments, or requests for copies of these complete applications should be submitted to the Director (address above).
*Applicant:* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University/Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Blacksburg, VA, PRT-082597.
The applicant request a permit to import DNA samples isolated from feces of wild chimpanzees ( *Pan troglodytes* ) collected in Tanzania. The samples being re-exported from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, will be imported for the purpose of scientific research. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a five year period.
*Applicant:* Jose V. Cardenal, Miami, FL, PRT-083574.
The applicant requests 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:* Jack O. L. Saunders, Las Cruces, NM, PRT-083524.
The applicant requests 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.
**Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals**
The public is invited to comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered marine mammals and/or marine mammals. The applications was/were submitted to satisfy requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, *as amended* (16 U.S.C. 1531, *et seq.* ) and/or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, *as amended* (16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.* ), and the regulations governing endangered species (50 CFR Part 17) and/or marine mammals (50 CFR Part 18). Written data, comments, or requests for copies of the complete applications or requests for a public hearing on these applications should be submitted to the Director (address above). Anyone requesting a hearing should give specific reasons why a hearing would be appropriate. The holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of the Director.
*Applicant:* Corey Lee Goss, Council Bluffs, IA, PRT-083479.
The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear ( *Ursus maritimus* ) sport hunted from the Western Hudson Bay polar bear population in Canada for personal use.
*Applicant:* Charles S. Harrison, Mechanicsburg, PA, PRT-083389.
The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear ( *Ursus maritimus* ) sport hunted from the Foxe Basin polar bear population in Canada prior to February 18, 1997, for personal use.
*Applicant:* Charles Johnson, New Brighton, MN, PRT-083529.
The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear ( *Ursus maritimus* ) sport hunted from the Southern Beafort Sea polar bear population in Canada for personal use.
Dated: February 27, 2004.
Monica Farris,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority.