[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 148 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 42401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15050]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XB10


Endangered Species; File No. 1526-01

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 Andre Landry, Sea Turtle and 
Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 5007 
Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77553 has been issued a modification to 
scientific research Permit No. 1526.

ADDRESSES:  The modification 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; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 24, 2007, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (72 FR 29132) that a modification of Permit No. 1526, 
issued August 1, 2005 (70 FR 44091), 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 allows Dr. Landry to expand his sample size. It 
extends the annual take of sea turtles through 2010; authorizes the 
attachment of additional satellite transmitters to animals; and allows 
the collection of biopsy samples of skin and carapace scute tissue from 
green sea turtles for stable isotope analysis to document life history 
changes, foraging and habitat selection, migration, and diet in green 
sea turtles.
    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: July 26, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-15050 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am]
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