Notice2025-22275
Endangered Species; File No. 28338
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December 9, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Jos[eacute] Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de Le[oacute]n, San Juan, PR 00926 (Responsible Party: Nilda Jimenez-Marrero, Ph.D.), has requested a modification to enhancement Permit No. 28338.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 57030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22275]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF255]
Endangered Species; File No. 28338
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for permit modification.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Puerto Rico Department of Natural
and Environmental Resources, San Jos[eacute] Industrial Park, 1375 Ave.
Ponce de Le[oacute]n, San Juan, PR 00926 (Responsible Party: Nilda
Jimenez-Marrero, Ph.D.), has requested a modification to enhancement
Permit No. 28338.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 7, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The modification request 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 home
page, <a href="https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov">https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov</a>, and then selecting File No. 28338 mod
1 from the list of available applications. These documents are also
available upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c22212a3f423c1e5d2f0301010902181f2c02030d0d420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdb3b0bbaed3ad8fccbe9290909893898ebd93929c9cd39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0846454e5b26587a394b6765656d667c7b4866676969266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cc2c1cadfa2dcfebdcfe3e1e1e9e2f8ffcce2e3ededa2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 28338 mod 1 in
the subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bd5d6ddc8b5cbe9aad8f4f6f6fef5efe8dbf5f4fafab5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2fcfff4e19ce2c083f1dddfdfd7dcc6c1f2dcddd3d39cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, Ph.D.,
(301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No.
28338, issued on March 21, 2025 (90 FR 14122, March 28, 2025) is
requested under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (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).
Permit No. 28338 authorizes the permit holder to conduct
restoration activities on pillar corals 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 wild and transport them to
in situ and ex situ nurseries for maintenance and propagation. They
also may be collected as part of emergency response due to catastrophic
events; these colonies would be reattached or stabilized in the wild or
transported to a nursery. Colonies also may be outplanted to the wild
from nurseries. The permit holder requests to increase annual take
numbers of the species for the (1) collection of gametes from 40 wild
colonies to facilitate sexual reproduction in the lab, and (2) tissue
sampling from 40 wild colonies for genetic and histological analyses.
The modification would be valid for the duration of the permit, which
is set to expire on March 31, 2035.
Dated: December 4, 2025.
Shannon Bettridge,
Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-22275 Filed 12-8-25; 8:45 am]
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