[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 91 (Thursday, May 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 25021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9516]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041905B]


Endangered Species; File No. 1356

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Inwater Research Group Inc. has 
been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 1356.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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;
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 
33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5517.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Ruth Johnson, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 23, 2005, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (70 FR 8767) that a modification of Permit No. 
1356, issued July 11, 2002 (67 FR 45959), had been requested by the 
above-named organization. The requested modification 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 regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 
222-226).
    The modification authorizes the Holder to attach satellite 
transmitters to a subset of the green sea turtles already authorized to 
be captured under the existing permit. It also allows researchers to 
conduct sampling all months of the year and to modify their study area 
to include a 30 kilometer area extending south, west and north of the 
Marquesas Keys.
    Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA was based on 
a finding that such permit modification (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: May 6, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-9516 Filed 5-11-05; 8:45 am]
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