[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 11849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4674]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030807A]


Endangered Species; File No. 1486

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 Harold M. Brundage, Environmental 
Research and Consulting, Inc., has been issued a modification to 
scientific research Permit No. 1486.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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)281-9300; fax (978)281-9394.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandy Hutnak or Malcolm Mohead, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 16, 2007, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (72 FR 1707) that a modification of Permit No. 
1486, issued December 22, 2004 (69 FR 30287), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. 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 regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 
222-226).
    The modification authorizes Mr. Brundage to take 1,000 shortnose 
sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) early life stages (eggs and larvae) 
from the Delaware River System. Eggs will be collected using artificial 
substrates and larvae will be captured by passive ichthyoplankton nets, 
an epibenthic sled, and pump sampling. This research will help document 
spawning occurrence and location, as well as identify possible critical 
habitat or critical areas for shortnose sturgeon spawning and nursery.
    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 such endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: March 8, 2007.
Tammy C. Adams,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-4674 Filed 3-13-07; 8:45 am]
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