[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 45204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18550]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC078


Endangered Species; File No. 17183

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for a permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Raymond Carthy, Ph.D., University 
of Florida, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 117 
Newins-Ziegler Hall, P.O. Box 110450, Gainesville, FL 32611, has 
requested an modification to scientific research Permit No. 17183-01.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or 
before August 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The modification request 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. 17183 Mod 2 from the list of available applications. These 
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 this 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 this application would be appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Hapeman or Brendan Hurley, (301) 
427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 
17183, issued on May 6, 2013 (78 FR 26323) 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. 17183-01 authorizes the permit holder to continue long-
term research on the demographics and movements of green (Chelonia 
mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys 
imbricata), and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles off the 
northwest coast of Florida. Researchers are authorized to capture sea 
turtles annually by strike net, tangle net, dip net or hand capture. 
Captured sea turtles may be measured; weighed; passive integrated 
transponder and flipper tagged; epibiota sampled; tissue and blood 
sampled; gastric lavaged; carapace sampled and marked; cloacal swabbed; 
photographed; and released. A subset of sea turtles may be fitted with 
telemetry tags--either a satellite tag or an acoustic tag with an 
accelerometer. The permit is valid through April 17, 2018. The permit 
holder requests the permit be amended to: (1) Increase the number of 
Kemp's ridley sea turtles captured from 50 to 200 turtles annually; and 
(2) allow a larger subset of green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles to 
receive transmitter attachments to address objectives of habitat use 
and movements.

    Dated: July 23, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-18550 Filed 7-28-15; 8:45 am]
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