[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13642-13643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04404]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC518


Endangered Species; File No. 17506

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 Karen G. Holloway-Adkins, East 
Coast Biologists, Inc. P.O. Box 33715, Indialantic, FL 32903, has 
applied in due form for a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), 
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), and leatherback (Dermochelys 
coriaceae) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or 
before April 1, 2013.

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. 17506 from the list of available applications.
    These documents are also available upon written request or by 
appointment in the following offices:

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; 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 and Conservation Division:
     By email to [email protected] (include the File 
No. in the subject line of the email),
     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 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 Colette Cairns, 
(301)427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is 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 requests a 5-year research permit to continue to 
characterize the population of sea turtles that utilize the nearshore 
hard bottom reefs in Brevard County, FL. Up to 50 green and six 
loggerhead sea turtles would be tangle netted, dip netted or hand-
captured annually. Captured sea turtles would be flipper and passive 
integrated transponder

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tagged, measured, weighed, tissue and blood sampled and photographed. 
Foraging samples would be collected by lavage from 25 of the green sea 
turtles annually. Each year up to 15 of the juvenile green sea turtles 
would have an acoustic transmitter attached to the carapace for 
tracking movements. In addition to captures, green, loggerhead, 
hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, and leatherback sea turtles would be counted 
during vessel surveys in the nearshore waters of Florida and Georgia.

    Dated: February 20, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-04404 Filed 2-27-13; 8:45 am]
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