[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30385-30386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8181]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051906C]


Endangered Species; File No. 1579

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

ACTION: Notice; Receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. 
(Edward P. Taft, Responsible Party), 30 Shrewsbury Street, Holden, MA, 
01520, 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 June 26, 2006.
    The application 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.
    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 email. The mailbox address for 
providing email comments is [email protected]. Include in the 
subject line of the email comment the following document identifier: 
File No. 1579.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Swails or Jennifer Skidmore 
(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 applicant proposes to conduct research on entrainment and 
impingement rates for selected bar rack and bypass configurations in 
attempt to identify design criteria for a downstream passage facility 
at the Hadley Falls Hydroelectric Project on the Connecticut River. The 
applicant would use captive-bred sturgeon and all testing would take 
place in the Alden Lab testing flume. Annually, up to 200 sturgeon 
would be transported from hatcheries, measured, handled, Passive 
Integrated Transponder tagged, and participate in the flume testing. At 
the end of the five-year study the sturgeon would be sacrificed.


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    Dated: May 19, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-8181 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]
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