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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">Notice is hereby given that Raymond Carthy, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, <applicant_institution woeId="23511647" type="POI" name="University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US">University of Florida</applicant_institution>, P.O. Box 110485, <applicant>Gainesville</applicant>, <research_location woeId="2347568" type="State" name="Florida, US">FL</research_location> 23611-0450 has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 10022.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="1">On September 30, 2009, notice was published in the Federal Register (74 FR 50172) that a modification of Permit No. 10022, issued April 23, 2008 (73 FR 23195), had been requested by the above-named individual. 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 regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).</p>
<p type="1">Permit No. 10022 authorizes researchers to capture loggerhead ( <species_scientific name="Caretta caretta">Caretta caretta</species_scientific> ), green ( <species_scientific name="Chelonia mydas">Chelonia mydas</species_scientific> ), and Kemp's ridley ( <species_scientific name="Lepidochelys kempii">Lepidochelys kempii</species_scientific> ) sea turtles using strike-net or set-net capture techniques off the northwest coast of Florida. Animals may be weighed, measured, photographed, skin biopsied, flipper and passive integrated transponder (PIT) tagged, and released. The modification authorizes the permit holder to use satellite telemetry to assess habitat use of sea turtles and study whether relocation distances for sea turtles captured in relocation trawlers are appropriate. The permit holder may attach transmitters to up to 12 green sea turtles captured by their project by research nets in St. Joseph Bay, <species_scientific name="Apalachicola">Apalachicola</species_scientific> Bay, and St. Andrews Bay and attach transmitters to up to 25 green, hawksbill ( <species_scientific name="Eretmochelys imbricata">Eretmochelys imbricata</species_scientific> ), Kemp's ridley, and loggerhead sea turtles (any combination) already legally captured by relocation trawlers in the St. Andrews <research_location woeId="23511738" type="Colloquial" name="San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US">Bay area</research_location>. These animals may also be flipper and PIT tagged, measured, photographed, tissue sampled and weighed before release. The permit is valid through April 30, 2013.</p>
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<p type="1">Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA was based on a finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered or threatened species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.</p>
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