[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 100 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29132-29133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9963]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA41


Endangered Species; File No. 1526

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

ACTION:  Notice; receipt of application for modification

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Andre Landry, Sea Turtle and 
Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 5007 
Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77553, has requested a modification to 
scientific research Permit No. 1526.

DATES:  Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before June 25, 2007.

ADDRESSES:  The modification request 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
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 
33701;

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phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this request 
should be submitted 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 modification 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 e-mail comments is [email protected]. Include in the 
subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: 
File No. 1526.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Patrick Opay, (301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 1526, 
issued on August 1, 2005 (70 FR 44091) is requested under the authority 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (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).
    Permit No. 1526 authorizes the permit holder to study Kemp's 
ridley, loggerhead, green, and hawksbill sea turtles in the Gulf of 
Mexico to identify their relative abundance over time; detect changes 
in sea turtle size composition; document movement and migration 
patterns; and determine the role of nearshore habitats in sea turtle 
survival. The permit holder is asking to extend his current annual 
authorization to take 50 juvenile and 50 sub-adult green sea turtles in 
Laguna Madre, Texas through year 2010 in order to generate more robust 
population estimates, yield a larger sample size for estimating growth 
rates and residency and fidelity in constituent habitats, and increase 
the potential to recapture turtles for additional information. The 
permit holder also requests authorization to attach satellite 
transmitters to 20 animals annually and to collect biopsy samples from 
150 animals annually for stable isotope analysis through year 2010 to 
learn more about habitat preference and residency. All animals would be 
captured in Texas waters in the manner already authorized under Permit 
No. 1526.

    Dated: May 17, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-9963 Filed 5-23-07; 8:45 am]
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