[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21090-21091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8888]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040504D]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1198

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research Permit No. 1198 submitted by the Florida Marine 
Research Institute, Jacksonville Field Laboratory, 6134 Authority 
Avenue, Building 200, Jacksonville, FL 32221, 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; 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: Carrie Hubard or Ruth Johnson, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted 
under the authority of the Endangered

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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 takes of green (Chelonia mydas), 
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), 
hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys 
kempii) 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: April 14, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-8888 Filed 4-19-04; 8:45 am]
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