[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 2656-2657] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-1152] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [I.D. 010997B] 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 (P625). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Sarah V. Mitchell of NOAA Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (P625) has applied in due form for a scientific research permit to take listed loggerhead sea turtles. DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this application must be received on or before February 18, 1997. ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for review by appointment in the following offices: Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and 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: Sarah V. Mitchell, NOAA Gray's Reef National [[Page 2657]] Marine Sanctuary (P625), requests a research 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 research permit to take up to 25 listed loggerhead sea turtles each year in the waters within and adjacent to the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary and on Wassaw, Ossabaw, Sapelo, or Blackbeard Islands on the Georgia coast. The turtles would be taken for examination, tagging, testing, observation, collection of biological information, rehabilitation if necessary, and release. Turtles would be acquired by takes from the wild and also from sources authorized to incidentally capture. Animals would be tagged with flipper (inconel), and PIT (passive inductive transponder) tags, radio, sonic, or satellite telemeters. Biological information would be collected in the form of blood samples. All information gathered would augment an extensive sea turtle database used to study population trends, migrations, habitat, and diving behavior. 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: January 13, 1997. Robert C. Ziobro, Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 97-1152 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F