[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43396-43397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14877]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071305C]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1254

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

ACTION: Notice; modification of scientific research permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for a modification to 
scientific

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research permit No. 1254 submitted by Dynegy Northeast Generation, Inc. 
(Martin W. Daley, Principal Investigator), Regulatory & Administrative 
Services, 992-994 River Road, Newburgh, New York, 12550, 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, 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)281-9328; fax (978)281-9394.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Guan and Patrick Opay (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).
    Dynegy Northeast Generation, Inc. is authorized to capture, handle, 
measure, externally tag, and release 95 juvenile and adult shortnose 
sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and to collect 40 shortnose sturgeon 
larvae annually in the Hudson River between the estuary and River mile 
152. The objectives of the study are to describe the patterns and 
variability of environmental parameters that may affect fish 
distribution and abundance of 16 selected species of fish, including 
shortnose sturgeon, in the Hudson River Estuary and provide information 
on length frequency where applicable. This modification will extend the 
permit through August 31, 2006.
    Issuance of this modification, 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: July 21, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-14877 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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