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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 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 a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA laws require that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="2">I. Public Comment Procedures</p>
<p type="2">A. How do I request copies of applications or comment on submitted applications?</p>
<p type="1">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 e-mail or address not listed under ADDRESSES . If you provide an e-mail address in your request for copies of applications, we will attempt to respond to your request electronically.</p>
<p type="1">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.</p>
<p type="1">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 ).</p>
<p type="2">B. May I review comments submitted by others?</p>
<p type="1">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, e-mail 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.</p>
<p type="2">II. Background</p>
<p type="1">To help us carry out our conservation responsibilities for affected species, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, section 10(a)(1)(A), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ), require that we invite public comment before final action on these permit applications.</p>
<p type="2">III. Permit Applications</p>
<p type="2">A. Endangered Species</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Mote Marine Laboratory</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2489025" type="Town" name="Sarasota, FL, US">Sarasota, FL</applicant_location>; PRT-25983A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to import one <applicant>Kemp</applicant>'s ridley sea turtle ( <species_scientific name="Lepidochelys kempii">Lepidochelys kempii</species_scientific> ) from Zoomarine-Mundo Aquatico SA, Portugal, where it was rehabilitated after stranding and recovery in the Netherlands for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Wildlife Conservation Society</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="12589314" type="County" name="Bronx, New York, NY, US">Bronx, NY</applicant_location>; PRT-781606.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests amendment and renewal of the permit to import biological samples from hawksbill sea turtles ( <species_scientific name="Eretmochelys imbricata">Eretmochelys imbricata</species_scientific> ), leatherback sea turtles ( <species_scientific name="Dermochelys coriacea">Dermochelys coriacea</species_scientific> ), loggerhead sea turtles ( <species_scientific name="Caretta caretta">Caretta caretta</species_scientific> ), and green sea turtles ( <species_scientific name="Chelonia mydas">Chelonia mydas</species_scientific> ) collected in the wild in Nicaragua for the purpose of scientific research. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Zoo Atlanta</applicant>, Atlanta, GA; PRT-008519.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests reissuance of their permit for scientific research with two captive-born giant pandas ( <species_scientific name="Ailuropoda melanoleuca">Ailuropoda melanoleuca</species_scientific> ) and their off-spring currently held under loan agreement with the Government of China and under provisions of the USFWS Giant Panda Policy. The proposed research will cover all aspects of behavior, reproductive physiology, genetics, nutrition, and animal health and is a continuation of activities currently in progress. This notice covers activities conducted by the applicant over a period of 5-years.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Reggie Pratt</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2452190" type="Town" name="Minot, ND, US">Minot</applicant_location>, ME; PRT-30840A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit to import a sport-hunted trophy of one male bontebok ( <species_scientific name="Damaliscus pygargus pygargus">Damaliscus pygargus pygargus</species_scientific> ) 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.</p>
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