Notice2025-05370
Endangered Species; File No. 28338
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Published
March 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER), San Jos[eacute] Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de Le[oacute]n, San Juan, PR 00926 (Responsible Party: Nilda Jimenez-Marrero, Ph.D.) has been issued a permit to take pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) for purposes of enhancement.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 59 (Friday, March 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 14122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05370]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE697]
Endangered Species; File No. 28338
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 the Puerto Rico Department of
Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER), San Jos[eacute]
Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de Le[oacute]n, San Juan, PR 00926
(Responsible Party: Nilda Jimenez-Marrero, Ph.D.) has been issued a
permit to take pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) for purposes of
enhancement.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88c6c5cedba6d8fab9cbe7e5e5ede6fcfbc8e6e7e9e9a6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c08e8d8693ee90b2f183afadada5aeb4b380aeafa1a1eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, Ph.D.,
(301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 24, 2024, notice was published in
the Federal Register (89 FR 84868) that a request for an enhancement
permit to take pillar coral had been submitted by the above-named
organization. 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
through 226).
The 10-year permit authorizes the PRDNER to conduct restoration
activities for pillar coral in Puerto Rico to preserve the genetic
diversity of the species and increase its population numbers in coral
reefs in the wild. Restoration practitioners may collect colonies or
parts of colonies from coral reefs in the waters of Puerto Rico and
transport them to in situ and ex situ nurseries for maintenance and
propagation. Colonies may be outplanted to the wild from nurseries.
Additional colonies or parts of colonies may be collected from the wild
as part of emergency response due to catastrophic events, such as a
vessel grounding or storm. These colonies may be reattached or
stabilized in the wild (in the same location or at a new location) or
transported to a nursery.
Issuance of this permit, 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.
Dated: March 21, 2025.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-05370 Filed 3-27-25; 8:45 am]
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