[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46178-46179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17561]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 070102G]


Endangered Species; File No. 1389

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Stephen J. Morreale, 
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, 
has applied in due form for a permit to take loggerhead turtles 
(Caretta caretta), Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii), green 
turtles (Chelonia mydas), and Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys 
coriacea) for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before 
August 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    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
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978)281-9200; fax (978)281-9371.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 
222-226).
    The purpose of this research is to re-institute a long-term mark-
recapture study in order to monitor the population levels and health 
status of sea turtles inhabiting the Long Island Sound and Peconic Bay 
Estuaries. The turtles will be captured in pound nets then flipper and 
PIT tagged, blood sampled, biopsied, and released near their capture 
site. The researcher requests to be able to take 126 loggerhead, 52 
Kemp's ridley, 45 green and 3 leatherback sea turtles.
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that 
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 
Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 
East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons 
why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
    Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)713-0376, 
provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and 
postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period. Please 
note that comments will not be accepted by e-mail or by other 
electronic media.

    Dated: July 8, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-17561 Filed 7-11-02; 8:45 am]
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