[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30610-30611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11883]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XH97


Endangered Species; File No. 1595-02

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

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ACTION:  Notice; issuance of permit modification.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Mr. Michael M. Hastings, 
University of Maine, 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, ME 04469, has been 
issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 1595-01.

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 Belmas or Malcolm Mohead, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 7, 2008, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (73 FR 7261) that a modification of Permit No. 
1595, issued April 18, 2007 (72 FR 19469), 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).
    In addition to all research activities authorized under Permit No. 
1595-01, this modification authorizes the: (1) increase in the amount 
of annual take of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) from 100 
to 200 fish; (2) addition of D-net sampling as a method of shortnose 
sturgeon egg and larvae collection; (3) addition of non-lethal blood 
sampling; and (4) the appointment and removal of research personnel. 
This modification is valid through the expiration date of the original 
permit, March 31, 2012.
    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: May 21, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-11883 Filed 5-27-08; 8:45 am]
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