[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64320-64321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28384]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 102903D]


Endangered Species; File No. 1245

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for modification

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that J. David Whitaker, South Carolina 
Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 12559, Charleston, South 
Carolina 29422-2559, has requested a modification to scientific 
research Permit No. 1245.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before 
December 15, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; phone (727) 570-5301; fax (727) 570-5320.
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this request 
should be submitted to the Chief, Permits,

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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 modification 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 other electronic 
media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jefferies or Carrie Hubard, 
(301) 713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 1245, 
issued on May 19, 2000 (65 FR 36666) is requested under the authority 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (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).
    Permit No. 1245 authorizes the permit holder to capture, handle, 
flipper and PIT tag, blood and tissue sample, perform ultrasound and 
release 350 loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 50 Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii), 10 green (Chelonia mydas), 5 hawksbill 
(Eretmochelys imbricata) and 3 leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) 
turtles along the South Carolina coastline. The permit holder is 
requesting authorization to satellite tag 9 loggerhead turtles and 
acoustic tag 24 loggerhead turtles. No more than 6 individuals will 
receive both tags. The purpose of the tags is to begin to determine 
feeding site fidelity and migratory patterns of juvenile loggerhead sea 
turtles along the South Carolina coastline. The permit holder is also 
requesting a one year extension of the permit, which would mean Permit 
No. 1245 would expire on October 31, 2005.

    Dated: November 6, 2003.
Tammy C. Adams,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-28384 Filed 11-12-03; 8:45 am]
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