17634 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 72 / Thursday, April 16, 2009 / Notices 

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. 10027, issued on July 30, 

2008 (73 FR 44224), authorizes the 

permit holder to study the population 

biology and connectivity of green 

(Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles 

focusing on distribution and abundance, 

ecology, health, and threats to sea 

turtles at the Palmyra Atoll in the 

Pacific Ocean. The permit holder 

requests a modification to their existing 

permit to increase the number of green 

sea turtles they may take each year. 

Researchers propose to annually 

satellite tag up to 16 animals; annually 

sonic transmitter tag up to 30 animals; 

annually blood and tissue sample up to 

100 animals; annually flipper and PIT 

tag up to 100 animals; and annually 

gastric lavage up to 50 animals. The 

modification would allow them to more 

quickly accumulate appropriate sample 

sizes so that information from the study 

can help inform conservation and 

management of this species in the 

Pacific. The amended permit would 

expire July 31, 2013. 

Dated: April 10, 2009. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–8756 Filed 4–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XO56 

Endangered Species; File No. 1549–01 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. 

Boyd Kynard, S.O. Conte Anadromous 

Fish Research Center (USGS-BRD), Box 

796, One Migratory Way, Turners Falls, 

MA 01376, has been issued a 

modification to scientific research 

Permit No. 1549–01. 

ADDRESSES: The modification 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)427–2521; and 

Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

phone (978)281–9300; fax (978)281– 

9333. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Malcolm Mohead or Kate Swails, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

4, 2008, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 45215) that a 

modification of Permit No. 1549 had 

been requested by the above-named 

individual. The requested modification 

has been granted 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 222–226). 

In addition to all research activities 

authorized under Permit No. 1549, this 

modification authorizes the researcher 

to conduct new research in the 

Merrimack River to: (1) take 200 adult/ 

large juvenile and 100 small juvenile (0– 

3 years) shortnose sturgeon; (2) use 

trawls for capture of smaller juveniles; 

(3) telemetry tag 15 adults/large 

juveniles and 15 early juveniles; (4) 

change the action area to include the 

Estuary to I–495 at Haverhill, MA; and 

(5) increase incidental mortality of 

shortnose sturgeon to a total of two 

sturgeon, but only one adult per year. 

The purpose of the modification is to 

provide a mark/recapture population 

estimate of shortnose sturgeon for the 

river and to provide evidence for 

recolonization verses recruitment to 

explain an apparent recent increase in 

abundance of shortnose sturgeon 

recently found in the river. This 

modification is valid through the 

expiration date of the original permit, 

January 31, 2012. 

Issuance of this modification, 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 9, 2009. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–8757 Filed 4–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 14–2009] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 15—Kansas City, 

Missouri Area; Application for 

Reorganization/Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Greater Kansas City 

Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 

15, requesting authority to reorganize 

and expand the zone in the Kansas City, 

Missouri, area, within the Kansas City 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 

formally filed on April 8, 2009. 

FTZ 15 was approved by the Board on 

March 23, 1973 (Board Order 93, 38 FR 

8622, 4/4/73) and expanded on 

December 20, 1973 (Board Order 97, 39 

FR 26, 1/2/74), on October 25, 1974 

(Board Order 102, 39 FR 39487, 11/7/ 

74), on February 28, 1996 (Board Order 

804, 61 FR 9676, 3/11/96), on May 31, 

1996 (Board Order 824, 61 FR 29529, 6/ 

11/96), on December 8, 1997 (Board 

Order 934, 62 FR 65654, 12/15/97), on 

October 19, 1998 (Board Order 1004, 63 

FR 59761, 11/5/98), on January 8, 1999 

(Board Order 1016, 64 FR 3064, 1/20/ 

99), on June 17, 1999 (Board Order 

1042, 64 FR 34188, 6/25/99), on April 

15, 2002 (Board Order 1226, 67 FR 

20087, 4/24/02), on April 20, 2005 

(Board Order 1388, 70 FR 22630, 5/2/ 

05), and on September 7, 2007 (Board 

Order 1524, 72 FR 53228, 9/18/07). 

The general-purpose zone project 

currently consists of 14 sites (13,338 

acres total): Site 1 (5.7 acres)—Midland 

International Corporation warehouse 

facility located at 1650 North Topping 

in Kansas City; Site 1A (3 acres)—1226 

Topping Drive in Kansas City; Site 2 (64 

acres)—warehouse complex located at 

8300 NE Underground Drive and 3600 

Great Midwest Drive in Kansas City; Site 

3 (9,615 acres)—within the 10,000 acre 

Kansas City International Airport 

facility in Kansas City; Site 3A (1 acre)— 

located at 10201 North Everton in 

Kansas City; Site 3B (384 acres, 5 

parcels) located in Kansas City as 

follows: Parcel 1 (68 acres)—the Air 

World Center Business Park located at 

the intersection of Interstate Highway 29 

and 12th Street; Parcel 2 (66 acres)—the 

Congress Corporate Center Industrial 

Park located at the intersection of 112th 

Street and North Congress; Parcel 3 (161 

acres)—an industrial park located at 

11401 North Congress; Parcel 4 (37 

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