[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44306-44307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18727]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration



RIN 0648-XA583




Endangered Species; File No. 16146



AGENCY: Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).



ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.



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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Kristen Hart, U.S. Geological 

Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Davie Field Office, Davie, 

FL, has applied in due form for a permit to take loggerhead (Caretta 

caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys 

imbricata) sea turtles for scientific research.



DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 

before August 24, 2011.



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. 16146 from the list of available applications.

    These documents are also available 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) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376; and

    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

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

     By e-mail to [email protected] (include the File 

No. in the subject line of the e-mail),

     By facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or

     At the address listed above.

    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: Kristy Beard or Amy Hapeman, (301) 

427-8401.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the



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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 applicant requests a five-year permit to study green, 

hawksbill, and loggerhead sea turtles at Buck Island Reef National 

Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands. The purposes of the research are to 

determine species-specific habitat-use patterns over time, increase 

understanding of genetic stock structure, and estimate vital rates and 

local population abundance. The applicant would capture 160 green 

turtles each year. All would be subject to counts, epibiota removal, 

lavage, temporary carapace marking, flipper and passive integrated 

transponder tagging, measure, photograph, (potential) recapture, blood 

sampling, fecal sampling, tissue biopsy, and weighing. Of the 160, 20 

also would be tagged with satellite tags and data loggers (epoxy 

attachments) and acoustic transmitters (epoxy or drill carapace and 

attach with wire). All 20 would not necessarily be subject to all three 

tag types, but no more than 20 would have any type of tag attached. 

Hawksbill takes would be for the same activities, but a total of 180 

would be captured annually, with 30 of those subject to a combination 

of tags. Fifteen loggerheads would be captured per year, and all would 

be subject to all of the activities.



    Dated: July 19, 2011.

P. Michael Payne,

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2011-18727 Filed 7-22-11; 8:45 am]

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