[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 17072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6609]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030205A]


Endangered Species; File No. 1507

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 Llewellyn Ehrhart, University of 
Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, Florida 32816-
2368 has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), 
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), and leatherback (Dermochelys 
coriacea) sea turtles 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
    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 or Carrie Hubard, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 2, 2004, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (69 FR 70125) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, green, leatherback, 
and hawksbill sea turtles 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).
    Researchers will annually capture, flipper tag, PIT tag, measure, 
mark, weigh, blood sample, lavage, photograph, attach a satellite 
transmitter to, attach a tethered instrument to, release, and track 
loggerhead, green, hawksbill and Kemp's ridley sea turtles. The purpose 
of the research is to conduct in-water studies of marine turtle 
populations in the Indian River Lagoon (Project 1); to conduct studies 
of marine turtle populations residing on the Sabellariid Worm Reef of 
Indian River County, Florida (Project 2); to study sea turtle 
distribution and movement through the use of satellite telemetry 
(Project 3); to assess the juvenile green turtle population at the 
Trident Turning Basin, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Project 4); 
and to study juvenile green turtle and loggerhead habitat utilization 
in the central region of the Indian River Lagoon System, Florida 
(Project 5). The permit is issued for 5 years.
    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 any endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: March 29, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-6609 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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