[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 20618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09631]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG332


Endangered Species; File No. 21858

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 NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional 
Fisheries Office (GARFO), 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester MA 01930 
[Responsible Party: Julie Crocker], has requested a modification to 
scientific research Permit No. 21858.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or 
before June 10, 2019.

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. 21858-03 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. 21858 
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: Erin Markin or Jennifer Skidmore, 
(301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 21858 
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 parts 222-226).
    Permit No. 21858, issued on September 7, 2018 (83 FR 53454), 
authorizes the permit holder to collect, receive, export, transport, 
and archive dead Atlantic (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose (A. 
brevirostrum) sturgeon, or parts thereof. This includes the receipt and 
export of 3,000 Atlantic and 1,500 shortnose sturgeon parts annually 
for the NMFS Sturgeon Tissue Repository. The permit holder requests 
authorization to increase the number of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon 
samples from 3,000 to 15,000 and 1,500 to 5,000, respectively, to be 
received annually to the NMFS Sturgeon Tissue Repository. Intentional 
or incidental capture of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon and collection 
of tissue samples occurs under separate authority. This permit does not 
authorize the capture and sampling of live specimens. The permit 
expires March 31, 2027.

    Dated: May 6, 2019.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-09631 Filed 5-9-19; 8:45 am]
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