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operations on the aforementioned ships.
The application’s take estimates are
based on 16 nominal 9-day active sonar
missions (or equivalent shorter
missions) between both vessels,
regardless of which vessel is performing
a specific mission, not to exceed a total
of 432 hours of LFA sonar transmission
time combined for both vessels.
The specified geographic regions
identified in the application are the
following oceanographic provinces
described in Longhurst (1998) and
identified in 50 CFR 216.180(a): the
Archipelagic Deep Basins Province, the
Western Pacific Warm Pool Province,
and the North Pacific Tropical Gyre
West Province, all within the Pacific
Trade Wind Biome; the Kuroshio
Current Province and the Northern
Pacific Transition Zone Province within
the Pacific Westerly Winds Biome; the
North Pacific Epicontinental Sea
Province within the Pacific Polar Biome;
and the China Sea Coastal Province
within the North Pacific Coastal Biome.
The operational areas are portions of the
provinces but do not encompass the
entire area of the provinces. Due to
critical naval warfare requirements, the
U.S. Navy has identified the necessity
for both SURTASS LFA sonar vessels to
be stationed in the North Pacific Ocean
during fiscal year 2006.
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Monitoring and Reporting
In compliance with the two LOAs
issued in 2005, on June 9, 2006, the
Navy submitted an annual report on
SURTASS LFA sonar operations and the
mitigation and monitoring activities
conducted under those LOAs. A copy of
that report (Navy, 2006) can be
downloaded at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm#applications.
Authorization
NMFS has issued two LOAs to the
U.S. Navy, authorizing the incidental
harassment of marine mammals
incidental to operating the two
SURTASS LFA sonar systems for
training, testing and routine military
operations. Issuance of these two LOAs
is based on findings, described in the
preamble to the final rule (67 FR 46712,
July 16, 2002) and supported by
information contained in the Navy’s
required annual report on SURTASS
LFA sonar, that the activities described
under these two LOAs will have no
more than a negligible impact on marine
mammal stocks and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the affected marine
mammal stocks for subsistence uses.
These LOAs remain valid through
August 15, 2007, provided the Navy
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remains in conformance with the
conditions of the regulations and the
LOAs, and the mitigation, monitoring,
and reporting requirements described in
50 CFR 216.184-216.186 (67 FR 46712,
July 16, 2002) and in the LOAs are
undertaken.
Dated: August 15, 2006.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 081406B]
Endangered Species; Permit No. 1574
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
scientific research permit to take
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum) has been issued to Dr.
Frank A. Chapman, Department of
Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, University
of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street,
Gainesville, Florida 32653.
ADDRESSES: The permit 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
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails at
(301)713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
requested permit has been issued 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).
On May 10, 2006, notice was
published in the Federal Register (71
FR 27230) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take shortnose
sturgeon had been submitted by Dr.
Frank A. Chapman. Dr. Chapman will
use 187 captive shortnose sturgeon
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presently held at the University of
Florida to meet the following objectives:
(1) identify physical, chemical, and
biological parameters required to
maintain optimal survival and growth of
larvae and juvenile shortnose sturgeon;
(2) describe embryonic development
and metamorphosis; (3) monitor gonadal
development of domestically raised
shortnose sturgeon; (4) develop
chemical assays to identify the sex and
monitor the sexual development of
shortnose sturgeon; and (5) understand
the physiology of the sperm and egg to
develop short and long-term storage of
sperm as well as optimum fertilization
techniques. The permit has been issued
for five years.
Issuance of this permit, as required by
the ESA, was based on a finding that
such permits (1) were applied for in
good faith, (2) will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered or
threatened species, and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Dated: August 16, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081406B]
Endangered Species; Permit No. 1574
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a scientific research permit to
take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) has been issued to Dr.
Frank A. Chapman, Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences,
University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653.
ADDRESSES: The permit 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 Southeast Region,
NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone (727)824-
5312; fax (727)824-5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails at
(301)713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested permit has been issued 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).
On May 10, 2006, notice was published in the Federal Register (71
FR 27230) that a request for a scientific research permit to take
shortnose sturgeon had been submitted by Dr. Frank A. Chapman. Dr.
Chapman will use 187 captive shortnose sturgeon presently held at the
University of Florida to meet the following objectives: (1) identify
physical, chemical, and biological parameters required to maintain
optimal survival and growth of larvae and juvenile shortnose sturgeon;
(2) describe embryonic development and metamorphosis; (3) monitor
gonadal development of domestically raised shortnose sturgeon; (4)
develop chemical assays to identify the sex and monitor the sexual
development of shortnose sturgeon; and (5) understand the physiology of
the sperm and egg to develop short and long-term storage of sperm as
well as optimum fertilization techniques. The permit has been issued
for five years.
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permits (1) were applied for in good faith, (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered or threatened
species, and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policies set
forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: August 16, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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