[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19166-19167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9524]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041002B]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a research permit (1375).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following actions regarding 
permits for takes of endangered and threatened species for the purposes 
of scientific research and/or enhancement under the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA): NMFS has received an application for a research permit from 
Dr. Thomas J. Kwak, of U. S. Geological Survey - North Carolina 
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (USGS).

DATES: Comments or requests for a public hearing on any of the new 
applications or modification requests must be received at the 
appropriate address or fax number no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard 
time on May 20, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the new application should be sent to 
the appropriate office as indicated below. Comments may also be sent 
via fax to the number indicated for the application. Comments will not 
be accepted if submitted via e-mail or the Internet. The application 
and related documents are available for review in the indicated office, 
by appointment:
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, F/PR1, 1315 East West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (phone:301-713-2289, fax: 301-713-
0376).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Becker, Silver Spring, MD 
(phone: 301-713-2319, fax: 301-713-0376, e-mail: 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    Issuance of permits and permit modifications, as required by the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on 
a finding that such permits/modifications: (1) are applied for in good 
faith; (2) would not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species 
which are the subject of the permits; and (3) are consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. Scientific 
research and/or enhancement permits are issued under section 
10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA. Authority to take listed species is subject to 
conditions set forth in the permits. Permits and modifications are 
issued in accordance with and are subject to the ESA and NMFS 
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 
222-226).
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on an application listed in 
this notice should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on that 
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 the permit 
action summaries are those of the applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

    The following species are covered in this notice:

Fish

    Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

Application 1375

    The applicant proposes to place 600 caged shortnose sturgeon into 
the Roankoke/Albemarle river system at 10 test sites that represent 
variations in water quality to investigate growth, survival and 
bioaccumulation of contaminants by the fish. They will be

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in place for 28 days One hundred additional fish will be used as the 
baseline for the growth and bioaccumulation. The shortnose sturgeon 
will be juveniles from the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Bears Bluff 
Hatchery, Charleston, SC. The fish will be double caged to prevent 
their escaping into the wild.
    This experiment is to determine if whether water quality is a 
factor in the demise of the shortnose sturgeon in the Roankoke/
Albemarle river system.

    Dated: April 12, 2002.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits, Conservation, and Education Division, office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-9524 Filed 4-17-02; 8:45 am]
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