[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13814-13815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6604]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 031704A]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1214

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

ACTION: Scientific research permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 1214 submitted by Jane Provancha, Dyn-2, 
Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 32899 has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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;
    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: Patrick Opay, (301)713-1401 or Ruth 
Johnson, (301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted 
under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the provisions of 50 CFR 222.306 of 
the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222-226).
    The modification extends the expiration date of the Permit from 
March 31, 2004, to March 31, 2005, for

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takes of green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea 
turtles.
    Issuance of this amendment, 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 threatened and endangered 
species which are the subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent 
with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: March 19, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-6604 Filed 3-23-04; 8:45 am]
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