[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21090-21091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8888]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040504D]
Endangered Species; Permit No. 1198
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit modification.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of
scientific research Permit No. 1198 submitted by the Florida Marine
Research Institute, Jacksonville Field Laboratory, 6134 Authority
Avenue, Building 200, Jacksonville, FL 32221, has been granted.
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review
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)713-2289, fax (301)713-0376; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St.
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; phone (727)570-5301; fax (727)570-5320.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hubard or Ruth Johnson,
(301)713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted
under the authority of the Endangered
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Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the
provisions of 50 CFR 222.306 of the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened fish and wildlife
(50 CFR 222-226).
The modification extends the expiration date of the Permit from
March 31, 2004, to March 31, 2005, for takes of green (Chelonia mydas),
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea),
hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys
kempii) sea turtles.
Issuance of this amendment, as required by the ESA was based on a
finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the threatened and endangered
species which are the subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent
with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: April 14, 2004.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-8888 Filed 4-19-04; 8:45 am]
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