[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 45701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15645]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072205D]


Endangered Species; File No. 1547

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

ACTION: Notice; application for permit

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation (Kathryn Hattala, Principal Investigator; 
Gregg Kenney, Primary Contact/Co-Investigator), 21 South Putt Corners 
Road, New Paltz, NY 12561, has applied in due form for a permit to take 
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before September 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    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.
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 
Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 
East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons 
why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
    Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)427-2521, 
provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and 
postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period.
    Comments may also be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for 
providing email comments is [email protected]. Include in the 
subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: 
File No. 1547.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Guan or Carrie Hubard, (301)713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested 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 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 
proposes to conduct scientific research to evaluate seasonal movement 
of shortnose sturgeon in Haverstraw and Newburgh Bays of the Hudson 
River. A maximum of 500 adult and juvenile shortnose sturgeon would be 
captured with gill nets, measured, weighed, scanned for tags, PIT and 
Carlin tagged if untagged, and released annually. The permit is 
requested for a duration of 5 years.

    Dated: August 1, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-15645 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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