[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 45959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062402A]


Endangered Species; File No. 1356

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Inwater Research Group, Inc., 4160 
NE Hyline Drive, Jensen Beach, Florida 34957, has been issued a permit 
to take green, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and hawksbill turtles for 
purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376 and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; phone (727)570-5301; fax (727)570-5320.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Becker or Ruth Johnson, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 3, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 308) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take green, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and hawksbill 
turtles had been submitted by the above-named organization. The 
requested permit has been issued under the authority of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
    The permit allows the take of green, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and 
hawksbill turtles to study the demographic composition and genetic 
origin of sea turtles within the Key West National Wildlife Refuge, 
Florida.
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: July 5, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-17464 Filed 7-10-02; 8:45 am]
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