[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29316-29317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12561]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XW60


Marine Mammals; File No. 13599

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

ACTION:  Notice; receipt of application for permit amendment.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that the National Ocean Service Marine 
Forensic Lab (NOS Lab, Julie Carter, Principal Investigator), 219 Fort 
Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, has applied for an amendment to 
Scientific Research Permit No. 13599.

DATES:  Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or 
before June 24, 2010.

ADDRESSES:  Documents associated with this amendment request are 
available upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    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 Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, 
Florida 33701; phone (727) 824-5312; fax (727) 824-5309.
    Written comments on this application should be submitted to the 
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, at the address 
listed above. Comments may also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 713-
0376, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#17595a51443947652654787a7a72796364577978767639707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d49a999287fa84a6e597bbb9b9b1baa0a794babbb5b5fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the File 
No. in the subject line of the email comment.
    Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a 
written request to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and

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Education 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:  Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails, 
(301) 713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment to Permit No. 13599 is 
requested under the authority 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. 13599, issued on December 16, 2008 (73 FR 78724), 
authorizes the permit holder to receive, import, export, transfer, 
archive, and conduct analyses of marine mammal and endangered species 
parts. Species include all cetaceans, pinnipeds (except for walrus), 
sea turtles (in the water), smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata), 
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and white abalone (Haliotis 
sorenseni).
    The permit holder is requesting the permit be amended to include 
additional species under NMFS jurisdiction including Chinook 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), chum (Oncorhynchus keta), coho 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) and sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) salmon, 
steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), green (Acipenser medirostris) 
and Gulf (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) sturgeon, totoaba (Totoaba 
macdonaldi), and black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii).
    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that 
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to 
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

    Dated: May 19, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-12561 Filed 5-24-10; 8:45 am]
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