[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 103 (Thursday, May 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30287-30288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12055]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051704G]


Endangered Species; File No. 1486

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

ACTION: Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Harold M. Brundage, Environmental 
Research and Consulting, Inc., 112 Commons Court, Chadds Ford, PA 
19317, has applied in due form for a permit to take shortnose sturgeon 
(Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before June 28, 2004.

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.
    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.
    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: 
File No. 1475.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
authority of the Endangered Species Act

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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 the project is to conduct research and monitoring of 
shortnose sturgeon in the Delaware River/Estuary and the Chesapeake 
Bay. Researchers would characterize habitat use, relative abundance, 
juvenile recruitment, and temporal and spatial distributions of this 
species through the following research methodologies: capture via 
trawls and gillnets, measure, genetic sampling, PIT and floy T-bar 
tagging, and release of 970 juvenile and 2470 adult shortnose sturgeon 
throughout the Delaware River/Estuary and 30 juvenile and 100 adult 
shortnose sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay, annually. In addition, a 
subset of 30 juveniles and 30 adults annually in the Delaware River/
Estuary would also have internal ultrasonic transmitters implanted. An 
accidental mortality request of 25 juvenile and 25 adult fish is 
requested over the life of the permit. The researchers are requesting 
authorization for these activities for five years.

    Dated: May 24, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-12055 Filed 5-26-04; 8:45 am]
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