[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8179]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051806C]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1298

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden 
[Principal Investigator, Mr. Charles Scott Pfaff], P.O. Box 1060, 
Columbia, SC 29202, has been issued an amendment to Permit No. 1298 to 
extend the expiration date of the permit through May 31, 2007.

ADDRESSES: 
    The modification and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office:
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore and Kate Swails 
(301) 713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 21, 2001, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 27940) that Permit No.1298 had been issued to 
the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for the continued maintenance of eleven 
adult shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) received from the 
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in 1996 for education 
purposes. This permit amendment extends the duration of the permit from 
May 31, 2006, to May 31, 2007. The requested modification have 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).
    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: May 19, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-8179 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]
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