[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20324-20325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8593]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA354


Endangered Species; File No. 15606

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Andre Landry, Ph.D., Texas A&M 
University at Galveston, Department of Marine Biology, 5007 Avenue U, 
Galveston, TX 77553, has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia 
mydas), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead (Caretta 
caretta), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles for 
purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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, 263 13th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 
33701; phone (727) 824-5312; fax (727) 824-5309.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Cairns or Amy Hapeman, (301) 
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 24, 2010, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (75 FR 71670) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take green, Kemp's

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ridley, loggerhead, and hawksbill sea turtles had been submitted by the 
above-named individual. The requested permit has been issued 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).
    Dr. Landry was issued a 5 year permit to: (1) Examine green sea 
turtle assemblages in sea grass habitats off of Texas; (2) determine 
trends in seasonal abundance and movement of green, Kemp's ridley, and 
loggerhead sea turtles in Texas and Louisiana estuaries; (3) 
characterize environmental estrogen uptake in green and Kemp's ridley 
sea turtles at a Texas Superfund site; and (4) document impacts of the 
Deepwater Horizon oil spill on sea turtle assemblages in the western 
Gulf of Mexico. Researchers may capture by entanglement or cast net, 
transport, photograph, measure, weigh, flipper tag, passive integrated 
transponder tag, blood, fecal, epiphyte and tissue sample, attach 
satellite transmitters to and release sea turtles.
    Issuance of this permit, 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 such endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: April 4, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-8593 Filed 4-11-11; 8:45 am]
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