[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61424-61425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24988]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XZ37
Endangered Species; File No. 15596
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 the North Carolina Aquarium at
Fort Fisher, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, Atlantic Beach, NC, 28512 [Hap Fatzinger, Responsible
Party], has applied in due form for a permit to hold shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum) for the purposes of enhancement.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or
before November 4, 2010.
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. 15596 from the list of available applications.
These documents are also 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
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facsimile to (301)713-0376, or by email to [email protected].
Please include the File No. 15596 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 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: Colette Cairns or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301)713-2289.
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
222-226).
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher is requesting a permit
to continue enhancement activities previously authorized under Permit
No. 1273. Activities would include the continued maintenance and
educational display of five captive-bred, non-releaseable adult
shortnose sturgeon. This display would be used to increase public
awareness of the shortnose sturgeon and its status by educating the
public on shortnose sturgeon life history and the reasons for the
species decline. The proposed project to display endangered cultured
shortnose sturgeon responds directly to a recommendation from the NMFS
recovery plan outline for this species. The permit would not authorize
any takes from the wild, nor would it authorize any release of captive
sturgeon into the wild. The permit is requested for a duration of 5
years.
Dated: September 29, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-24988 Filed 10-4-10; 8:45 am]
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