[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61424-61425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24988]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XZ37


Endangered Species; File No. 15596

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 the North Carolina Aquarium at 
Fort Fisher, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural 
Resources, Atlantic Beach, NC, 28512 [Hap Fatzinger, Responsible 
Party], has applied in due form for a permit to hold shortnose sturgeon 
(Acipenser brevirostrum) for the purposes of enhancement.

DATES:  Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before November 4, 2010.

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, and then selecting File 
No. 15596 from the list of available applications.
    These documents are also available 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)713-0376 and;
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, 
Florida 33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.
    Written comments on this application should be submitted to the 
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, at the address 
listed above. Comments may also be submitted by

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facsimile to (301)713-0376, or by email to [email protected]. 
Please include the File No. 15596 in the subject line of the email 
comment.
    Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a 
written request to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 
Division at the address listed above. The request should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be 
appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Colette Cairns 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).
    The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher is requesting a permit 
to continue enhancement activities previously authorized under Permit 
No. 1273. Activities would include the continued maintenance and 
educational display of five captive-bred, non-releaseable adult 
shortnose sturgeon. This display would be used to increase public 
awareness of the shortnose sturgeon and its status by educating the 
public on shortnose sturgeon life history and the reasons for the 
species decline. The proposed project to display endangered cultured 
shortnose sturgeon responds directly to a recommendation from the NMFS 
recovery plan outline for this species. The permit would not authorize 
any takes from the wild, nor would it authorize any release of captive 
sturgeon into the wild. The permit is requested for a duration of 5 
years.

    Dated: September 29, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-24988 Filed 10-4-10; 8:45 am]
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