[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13445]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052595A]


Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for a scientific research 
permit (P521A).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. James Spotila and Dr. Pamela 
Plotkin of Drexel University have applied in due form for a permit to 
take listed sea turtles for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before July 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review by appointment in the following offices:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., 
Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); Director, 
Northeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 
01930-2298 (508-281-9250).
    Written comments, or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species 
Division, Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The application requests a permit under the 
authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-
1543) and NMFS regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits 
(50 CFR parts 217-227). The applicant requests authorization to take 
100 listed loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Caretta 
caretta, Chelonia mydas, and Lepidochelys kempii) in 1995. The animals 
will be measured, examined, photographed, tagged, have blood and fecal 
samples taken, and be released at the site of capture. The purpose of 
the research is to assess the distribution and population dynamics of 
sea turtles in Delaware Bay.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set 
out the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular application 
would be appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion 
of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and 
opinions contained in this application summary are those of the 
Applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: May 25, 1995.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13445 Filed 6-1-95; 8:45 am]
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