[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32581-32582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11107]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051905B]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1258

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 to an 
enhancement permit No. 1258 submitted by the North Carolina Zoological 
Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27203 (David M. Jones, Principal 
Investigator), has been granted.

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,

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NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 
phone (301) 713-2289, fax (301) 427-2521; and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 
33701, phone (727) 824-5312, fax (727) 824-5300.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 provisions of Sec.  222.306 of 
the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222-226).
    The North Carolina Zoological Park is authorized to use four 
individual, captive-bred, non-releaseable shortnose sturgeons for an 
educational display exhibit. This project of displaying endangered 
captive bred shortnose sturgeon responds directly to a recommendation 
of the NMFS recovery outline for this species. This display educates 
the public on shortnose sturgeon life history and the reason for its 
declining numbers. This modification will extend the permit through 
July 31, 2006.
    Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA was based on 
a finding that this permit modification: (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: May 24, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-11107 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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