[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20977]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 072296D]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for a research permit (P618)

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Thomas S. Squiers, Jr., of the 
Maine Department of Marine Resources (P618) has applied for a permit 
for scientific research on shortnose sturgeon.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the 
application must be received on or before September 16, 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, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508-281-9250).
    Written comments, or requests for a public hearing on these 
applications should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species 
Division, Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Application (P618) 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 a five-year 
permit to capture, examine, and tag 500 listed shortnose sturgeon in 
Maine waters. Some would be tagged with radio or ultrasonic 
transmitters, and some would have tissue samples taken for DNA 
analysis. The purpose of the research is to determine migratory 
movements and to help identify spawning, feeding, and overwintering 
areas.
    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: August 12, 1996.
Margaret Lorenz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20977 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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