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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101616-101617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29571]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R5-ES-2024-N065; FXES11130500000-256-FF05E00000]

Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit application; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received an 
application for a permit to conduct scientific research to promote 
conservation or other activities intended to enhance the propagation or 
survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal 
agencies to comment on the application. Before issuing the requested 
permit, we will take into consideration any information that we receive 
during the public comment period.

DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before January 15, 
2025.

ADDRESSES: Use one of the following methods to request documents or 
submit comments. Requests and comments should specify the applicant's 
name and application number (e.g., PER0001234):
     Email: [email protected].
     U.S. Mail: Abby Goldstein, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Dr., Hadley, MA 01035.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Goldstein, 413-253-8212 (phone), 
or [email protected] (email). Individuals in the United States who 
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may 
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay 
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay 
services offered within their country to make international calls to 
the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
invite the public to comment on an application for a permit under 
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The requested permit would allow the 
applicant to conduct activities intended to promote recovery of species 
that are listed as endangered under the ESA.

Background

    With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute 
take of listed species, unless a Federal permit is issued that allows 
such activity. The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes such 
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting, 
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for 
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. Our regulations 
implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 
17.22 for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened 
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 
17.72 for threatened plant species.

Permit Application Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the 
public to comment on the application in table 1.

                                                          Table 1--Permit Application Received
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  Application No.         Applicant                 Species                 Location            Activity          Type of take         Permit action
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60422D-5...........  Sea Research        Kemp's ridley sea turtle      Connecticut, Rhode  Stranding           Capture, collect..  Renew.
                      Foundation, dba     (Lepidochelys kempii),        Island, and New     response,
                      Mystic Aquarium,    leatherback sea turtle        York.               rehabilitation,
                      Mystic, CT.         (Dermochelys coriacea),                           necropsy, and
                                          hawksbill sea turtle                              release.
                                          (Eretmochelys imbricata),
                                          loggerhead sea turtle
                                          (Caretta caretta), and
                                          green sea turtle (Chelonia
                                          mydas).
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Public Availability of Comments

    Written comments we receive become part of the administrative 
record associated with this action. Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time.

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While you can request in your comment that we withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so. Moreover, all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public disclosure in their entirety.

Next Steps

    If we decide to issue a permit to the applicant listed in this 
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.

Authority

    Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Martin Miller,
Manager, Division of Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Northeast 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-29571 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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