[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 36 (Friday, February 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3149]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 021607I]


Endangered Species; File No. 1547-01

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

ACTION: Notice; application for permit modification; request for 
comments.

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

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before March 26, 2007.

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 
modification 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 permit modification 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 to 
[email protected]. Include in the subject line of the e-mail 
comment the following document identifier: ``File No. 1547-01.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Brandy Hutnak, 
(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 
parts 222-226).
    Currently, the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation is authorized in Permit No. 1547 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 can be captured with gill nets, 
measured, weighed, scanned for tags, PIT and Carlin tagged (if 
untagged), and released annually. The applicant now proposes to collect 
soft fin-ray tissue samples from all captured shortnose sturgeon. The 
goal of the additional research would be to document and map the 
genetic identity of shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River. The 
modification would run concurrently with the original permit until 
October 31, 2011.

    Dated: February 16, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-3149 Filed 2-22-07; 8:45 am]
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