[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19416-19417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9685]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041202C]


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 (1377).

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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 scientific research 
permit from Ms. Tracey Mueller, of Mote Marine Laboratory.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this new 
application 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 request 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.

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Species Covered in This Notice

    The following species are covered in this notice:

Sea turtles

    Threatened and endangered Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
    Endangered Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
    Endangered Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
    Threatened Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Application 1377

    The applicant wishes to conduct a 5-year population assessment of 
the juvenile sea turtles inhabiting Charlotte Harbor on the west coast 
of Florida. The applicant plans to capture green, Kemp's ridley, 
loggerhead and hawksbill sea turtles employing tangle net, encircling 
net, rodeo and dip net methodologies. Up to 150 green and Kemp's 
ridley, 100 loggerhead and 5 hawksbill sea turtles will be captured, 
weighed, measured, flipper and PIT tagged, blood and tissue sampled and 
released each year. Up to 10 green, Kemp's ridley and loggerhead and 5 
hawksbill sea turtles will also be collected incidentally to the Center 
for Shark Research gill netting for sharks in the areas of Pine Island 
Sound and the Gulf waters near Crystal River, FL. These will be 
captured, measured, flipper tagged and released. In the second through 
fifth year, up to 5 green and/or Kemp's ridley sea turtles will be 
sampled as above, satellite tagged and released.

    Dated: April 12, 2002.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits, Conservation, and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-9685 Filed 4-18-02; 8:45am]
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