Endangered Species; Permit No. 1258, 32581-32582 [05-11107]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 106 / Friday, June 3, 2005 / Notices Snapper AP will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the M-SFCMA, provided the public has been notified of the Council’s intent to take action to address the emergency. The established times for addressing items on the agenda may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the untimely completion of discussion relevant to other agenda items. In order to further allow for such adjustments and completion of all items on the agenda, the meeting may be extended from or completed prior to the date established in this notice. The meeting is open to the public and physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Dawn Aring at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by June 13, 2005. Dated: May 31, 2005. Emily Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5–2853 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 053105B] Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings/Workshop National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of three public meetings. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Three Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panels will hold work sessions which are open to the public. The first STAR Panel will review new assessments for sablefish, Dover sole, shortspine thornyhead, and longspine thornyhead. The second STAR Panel will review new assessments for widow rockfish, blackgill rockfish, and kelp greenling; and an updated assessment for bocaccio. The third STAR Panel will review new assessments for canary rockfish, lingcod, and yelloweye rockfish; and an updated assessment for yellowtail rockfish. The sablefish, Dover sole, shortspine thornyhead, and longspine thornyhead STAR Panel will meet beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, June 20, DATES: VerDate jul<14>2003 18:03 Jun 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 2005. The meeting will continue through Friday, June 24, 2005 beginning at 8 a.m. every morning. The meetings will end at 5 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete business. The widow rockfish, blackgill rockfish, kelp greenling, and bocaccio STAR Panel will meet beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, August 1, 2005. The meeting will continue through Friday, August 5, 2005 beginning at 8 a.m. every morning. The meetings will end at 5 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete business. The canary rockfish, lingcod, yelloweye rockfish, and yellowtail rockfish STAR Panel will meet beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, August 15, 2005. The meeting will continue through Friday, August 19, 2005 beginning at 8 a.m. every morning. The meetings will end at 5 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete business. ADDRESSES: The sablefish, Dover sole, shortspine thornyhead and longspine thornyhead STAR Panel meeting will be held at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Hatfield Marine Science Center, Captain R. Barry Fisher Building, 2032 SE Oregon State University Drive, Newport, Oregon 97365–5296; telephone: 541–867–0501. The widow rockfish, blackgill rockfish, kelp greenling, and bocaccio STAR Panel meeting will be held at NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Meeting Room 188, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, California 95060; telephone: 831–420–3900. The canary rockfish, lingcod, yelloweye rockfish, and yellowtail rockfish STAR Panel meeting will be held at NMFS, Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington 98112; telephone: 206–860– 3480. Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97220–1384; telephone: 503– 820–2280. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NWFSC; telephone: 206– 860–3480; or Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: 503–820–2280. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the STAR Panel meetings are to review draft stock assessment documents and any other pertinent information, work with the Stock Assessment Teams to make necessary revisions, and produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Council family and other interested persons. No management actions will be decided by these STAR Panels. The STAR Panels’ PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32581 role will be development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the Council at either its September meeting in Portland, Oregon or its November meeting in San Diego, California. Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas may come before the STAR Panel participants for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal STAR Panel action during these meetings. STAR Panel action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the STAR Panel participants’ intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at 503–820–2280 at least five days prior to the meeting date. Dated: May 31, 2005. Emily Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5–2852 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 051905B] Endangered Species; Permit No. 1258 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Issuance of permit modification. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification to an enhancement permit No. 1258 submitted by the North Carolina Zoological Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27203 (David M. Jones, Principal Investigator), has been granted. The modification and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\03JNN1.SGM 03JNN1 32582 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 106 / Friday, June 3, 2005 / Notices NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910, phone (301) 713–2289, fax (301) 427–2521; and Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, phone (727) 824–5312, fax (727) 824–5300. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jefferies or Amy Sloan (301)713–2289. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 provisions of § 222.306 of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222–226). The North Carolina Zoological Park is authorized to use four individual, captive-bred, non-releaseable shortnose sturgeons for an educational display exhibit. This project of displaying endangered captive bred shortnose sturgeon responds directly to a recommendation of the NMFS recovery outline for this species. This display educates the public on shortnose sturgeon life history and the reason for its declining numbers. This modification will extend the permit through July 31, 2006. Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA was based on a finding that this permit modification: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. Dated: May 24, 2005. Stephen L. Leathery, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 05–11107 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 052405B] Endangered Species; File No. 1537 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Receipt of application. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife VerDate jul<14>2003 18:03 Jun 02, 2005 Jkt 205001 Resources (DAWR), 142 Dairy Road, Mangilao, Guam 96913, has applied in due form for a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research. DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or before July 5, 2005. ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for review 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)427–2521; and Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–4700; phone (808)973–2935; fax (808)973–2941. Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate. Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for providing e-mail comments is NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: File No. 1537. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Ruth Johnson, (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 parts 222–226). The proposed research would annually capture 24 green and 15 hawksbill sea turtles by hand or by tangle net. Turtles would be measured, flipper tagged, Passive Integrated Transponder tagged, tissue sampled, and released. A subset of each species would also have a satellite transmitter attached to their carapace. The research would gather information on turtle population size and stratification, PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 species distribution, and health status. This information would be used to develop conservation management measures for these species. The research would occur in the waters off of Guam. The permit would be issued for a 5-year period. Dated: May 26, 2005. Stephen L. Leathery, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 05–11108 Filed 6–2–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Department of Education. The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 5, 2005. DATES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, Desk Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere with any agency’s ability to perform its statutory obligations. The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\03JNN1.SGM 03JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32581-32582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11107]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051905B]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1258

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification to an 
enhancement permit No. 1258 submitted by the North Carolina Zoological 
Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27203 (David M. Jones, Principal 
Investigator), has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources,

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NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 
phone (301) 713-2289, fax (301) 427-2521; and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 
33701, phone (727) 824-5312, fax (727) 824-5300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jefferies or Amy Sloan 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 provisions of Sec.  222.306 of 
the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222-226).
    The North Carolina Zoological Park is authorized to use four 
individual, captive-bred, non-releaseable shortnose sturgeons for an 
educational display exhibit. This project of displaying endangered 
captive bred shortnose sturgeon responds directly to a recommendation 
of the NMFS recovery outline for this species. This display educates 
the public on shortnose sturgeon life history and the reason for its 
declining numbers. This modification will extend the permit through 
July 31, 2006.
    Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA was based on 
a finding that this permit modification: (1) Was applied for in good 
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered 
species which is the subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with 
the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: May 24, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-11107 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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