[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29446]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 112295B]


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 (P423B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Drs. Mary Moser and Steve W. Ross 
have applied in due form for a permit to take listed shortnose sturgeon 
for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before January 3, 1996.

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); and
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813-893-3141).
    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: Application (P423B) requests a permit under 
the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-
1543) and NMFS regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits 
(50 CFR parts 217-227). The applicant requests a 2-year permit to 
collect shortnose sturgeon in North Carolina to determine the 
distribution and habitat use.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific 
reasons why a hearing on this particular application would be 
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). 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: November 27, 1995.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-29446 Filed 12-1-95; 8:45 am]
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