[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 49 (Friday, March 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 11839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030404C]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1231

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 Llewellyn M. Ehrhart, Department 
of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., 
Orlando, FL 32816-2368, has requested a modification to scientific 
research Permit No. 1231.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before April 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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.
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this request 
should be submitted 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 modification request would be appropriate.
    Comments may 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. 
Comments may also be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for 
providing email comments is [email protected]. Include in the 
subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: 
Modification of Permit No. 1231.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay, (301)713-1401 or Carrie 
Hubard, (301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 1231, 
issued on June 9, 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. 1231 authorizes the permit holder to take listed sea 
turtles inhabiting the Indian River Lagoon system, Indian River County; 
the nearshore Atlantic Sabellariid worm rock reef system, Indian River 
County; and the Trident submarine basin in Port Canaveral, Brevard 
County, Florida. The study is helping to gather information regarding 
habitat requirements, seasonal distribution and abundance, movement and 
growth, feeding preferences, sex ratios and the prevalence and severity 
of fibropapilloma. The permit holder requests authorization to expand 
the ongoing population assessment project by tracking the movements of 
juvenile green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles. This modification will 
allow the permit holder to obtain additional information about this 
species' movement patterns and its utilization of habitat. The permit 
holder proposes to attach a transmitter and time-depth-temperature 
recorder to 14 of the green sea turtles that are already authorized to 
be captured under the existing permit. Turtles will be also be sampled, 
measured, weighed, and tagged before being released. This research will 
take place in the waters within the Indian River Lagoon on the east 
coast of Florida for the remaining duration of the permit which expires 
on March 31, 2005.

    Dated: March 8, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-5695 Filed 3-11-04; 8:45 am]
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