[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24760-24761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12241]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050996A]


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 (P521C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Drs. James Spotila and Pamela 
Plotkin of Drexel University in PA 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

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must be received on or before June 17, 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); Director, 
Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 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 (P521C) 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 applicants request authorization to 
capture 75 loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 75 Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys 
kempii), 10 green (Chelonia mydas) 5 leatherback (Dermochelys 
coriacea), and 1 hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles 
annually in Delaware Bay from June 1996 to October 1997. The turtles 
will be examined, measured, photographed, passive integrated 
transponder-tagged, and have blood and fecal samples taken. Six turtles 
will be attached with radio-transmitters and tracked. One incidental 
sea turtle mortality is requested. The purpose of the research is to 
assess distribution and population dynamics of sea turtles in Delaware 
Bay, information helpful to manage impacts to sea turtles from human 
activities.
    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 applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: May 10, 1996.
Eric H. Ostrovsky,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-12241 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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