[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50172-50173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23605]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XR72


Endangered Species; File No. 10022

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 Raymond Carthy, Department of 
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, P.O. Box 
110485, Gainesville, Florida 23611-0450, has requested a modification 
to scientific research Permit No. 10022.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before October 30, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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)713-0376; andSoutheast Region, 
NMFS, 263 13th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone (727)824-
5312; fax (727)824-5309.

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    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)713-0376, 
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. 10022-01.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 
10022, issued on April 29, 2008 (73 FR 23195) 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. 10022 authorizes the permit holder to conduct research 
off the northwest coast of Florida for 5 years. Researchers may capture 
up to 40 loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 600 green (Chelonia mydas), and 
110 Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles using strike-net or 
set-net capture techniques. Animals may be weighed, measured, 
photographed, skin biopsied, flipper and passive integrated transponder 
(PIT) tagged, and released. The permit holder requests authorization to 
use satellite telemetry to assess habitat use of sea turtles and study 
whether relocation distances for sea turtles captured in relocation 
trawlers are appropriate. The permit holder would attach transmitters 
to up to 12 green sea turtles captured by their project by research 
nets in St. Joseph Bay, Apalachicola Bay, and St. Andrews Bay. The 
permit holder would also attach transmitters to up to 25 green, 
hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's ridley, and loggerhead sea 
turtles (any combination) already legally captured by relocation 
trawlers in the St. Andrews Bay area. These animals would also be 
flipper and PIT tagged, measured, photographed, tissue sampled and 
weighed before release. The activities authorized by the modification 
would occur over the course of the permit through April 30, 2013.

    Dated: September 24, 2009.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-23605 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
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