[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1153]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011097A]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 1 to scientific
research permit 994 (P497D).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Idaho Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit at Moscow, ID (ICFWRU) has applied in due form
for a modification to a permit that authorizes a take of threatened
species for the purpose of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application must be received on or before February 18, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review in the following offices, by appointment:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
Environmental and Technical Services Division, 525 NE Oregon
Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of
Protected Resources.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ICFWRU requests a modification to a permit
under the authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
Permit 994 currently authorizes ICFWRU (P497D) takes of adult,
threatened, Snake River spring/summer and fall chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a study designed to assess
the passage success of migrating adult salmonids at the four dams and
reservoirs in the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest,
evaluate fish responses to specific flow and spill conditions, and
evaluate measures to improve passage. For modification 1, ICFWRU
proposes to include adult sockeye salmon in the study, a percentage of
which will be adult, endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka). Adult sockeye salmon are proposed to be captured,
anesthetized, fitted with radio transmitters and identifier tags,
allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. Once returned to
the river, the movement and migration timing of each fish will be
recorded at fixed-site and mobile receiver stations as the fish migrate
upstream. Primary benefits of the study will be the ability to identify
areas in the fishways that are problematic for adult passage and to
determine the proportion of salmonids that pass the upstream dams and
enter tributaries to spawn, enter hatcheries, are taken in fisheries,
or are losses between the dams. Modification 1 is requested for the
duration of the permit. Permit 994 expires on December 31, 2000.
Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set
out the specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be
appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion of the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and
opinions contained in this application summary are those of the
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
Dated: January 13, 1997.
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1153 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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