[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27180]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD608


Endangered Species; File No. 19255

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 Delaware Department of Natural 
Resources and Environmental Control (DENREC) [Michael Stangl, 
Responsible Party], 3002 Bayside Dr., Dover, Delaware 19977, has 
applied in due form for a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 
brevirostrum) in the Delaware River for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or 
before December 17, 2014.

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. 19255 from the list of available applications.
    Documents are also available upon written request or by appointment 
in the Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376.
    Written comments on either application should be submitted to the 
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, at the address listed above. 
Comments may also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or by 
email to [email protected]. Please include the File No. in the 
subject line of the email comment.
    Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a 
written request to the Chief, Permits and Conservation Division at the 
address listed above. The request should set forth the specific reasons 
why a hearing on the application(s) would be appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Rosa L. 
Gonz[aacute]lez, (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permits are 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 
parts 222-226).
    The applicant is requesting authorization for a scientific research 
permit for takes of shortnose sturgeon in the Delaware River. The 
research objectives would be to document nursery areas, individual 
movement patterns, seasonal movements, home ranges, and habitats of 
juvenile shortnose sturgeon through the use of telemetry. Annually, up 
to 50 adult to juvenile shortnose sturgeon would be captured, weighed, 
measured, examined for tags, marked with Passive Integrated Transponder 
(PIT) tags and Floy tags, and released. Up to 15 juvenile shortnose 
sturgeon would also be anesthetized and implanted with acoustic 
transmitters and tracked. One unintentional mortality of a shortnose 
sturgeon is requested annually during the five year permit.

    Dated: November 10, 2014.
Perry Gayaldo,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-27180 Filed 11-14-14; 8:45 am]
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