[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 51836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24310]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XR99
Endangered Species; File No. 14634
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Douglas Peterson, PhD, University
of Georgia, Warnell School of Forest Resources, Athens, GA 30602, has
applied in due form for a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or
before November 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
Features box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
(APPS) home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/index.cfm, and then
selecting File No. 14634 from the list of available applications. The
application 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; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.
Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application should be mailed 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 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. 14634.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301)713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested 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).
Dr. Douglas Peterson, Warnell School of Forest Resources (Fisheries
Division), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, has requested
a 5-year permit to maintain and conduct research on 95 hatchery-reared
shortnose sturgeon at the University of Georgia to meet the following
objectives: (1) quantify differences in the environmental tolerances of
northern versus southern range shortnose sturgeon and (2) evaluate
ontogenetic changes in the environmental tolerances of juvenile
shortnose sturgeon. The fish would be obtained from the Warm Springs
National Fish Hatchery and Regional Fisheries Center (USFWS), Warm
Springs, Georgia 31830, under NMFS Permit 1604. Using a series of
replicated laboratory (lethal and non-lethal) experiments, the
researcher would evaluate the individual, additive, and interactive
effects of the three habitat variables most critical in determining
summer habitat quality for both juveniles and adult shortnose sturgeon:
maximum water temperature, maximum salinity, and minimum concentration
of dissolved oxygen. Researchers would also examine how environmental
tolerances of shortnose sturgeon change with age and conditioning
(chronic exposure). Future scientific research with these fish would
involve studies of nutrition, tagging, physiology, environmental
tolerance, contaminants, fish health, behavioral, tagging, genetics,
and fish culture techniques. The permit would not authorize any takes
from the wild, nor would it authorize any release of captive sturgeon
into the wild.
Dated: October 2, 2009.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-24310 Filed 10-7-09; 8:45 am]
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