[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 77998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121504H]


Endangered Species; File No. 1486

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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

ADDRESSES: The permit 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)427-2521; and,
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978)281-9200; fax (978)281-9371.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 27, 2004, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 30287) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take shortnose sturgeon had been submitted by the above-named 
individual. The requested permit has been issued under the authority of 
the Endangered Species Act 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 parts 222-226).
    Mr. Brundage is authorized to sample and track shortnose sturgeon 
in the Delaware River. Annually, up to 1750 adult and juvenile fish 
will be taken via gill nets, trammel nets and trawls; measured; 
weighed; PIT and Floy T-bar tagged; and the fish will be subsequently 
released. A subset of 100 fish annually will also be tissue sampled. 
Finally, a subset of 30 adult and 30 juvenile fish annually will also 
be tagged with internal ultrasonic tags and tracked. This permit is 
authorized for five years.
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an environmental assessment was prepared 
analyzing the effects of the permitted activities. After a Finding of 
No Significant Impact, the determination was made that it was not 
necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement.
    Issuance of this permit, 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 endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: December 22, 2004.
Jennifer Skidmore,
Acting, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-28539 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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