[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55789-55790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27727]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 102396B]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 2 to enhancement
permit 895 (P504D).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
in Walla Walla, WA (Corps) has applied in due form for a modification
to a permit that authorizes takes of endangered and threatened
anadromous fish for the purpose of enhancement.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application must be received on or before November 29, 1996.
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: The Corps 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).
The Corps requests modification 2 to enhancement permit 895 for an
increase in the annual indirect take of adult, threatened, Snake River
fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with the
juvenile fish transportation facilities at four hydroelectric projects
on the Snake and Columbia Rivers in the Pacific Northwest (Lower
Granite, Little Goose, Lower Monumental, and McNary Dams). Permit 895
authorizes annual takes of adult and juvenile, endangered, Snake River
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); adult and juvenile, threatened,
naturally-produced and artificially-propagated, Snake River spring/
summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); and adult and
juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon associated with
the operation of the Juvenile Fish Transportation Program.
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At the four projects with juvenile fish transportation facilities,
a small percentage of adult salmon that pass each project move back
downstream by entering the juvenile fish bypass systems. The adult fish
that cross the juvenile fish separators at each project are bypassed
back to the river to continue their migration. Passing the adults from
the separators usually requires some handling of the fish or delays in
adult fish passage through the facilities. An increase in the annual
indirect take of adult, ESA-listed, Snake River fall chinook salmon is
requested because the Corps anticipates larger adult fall chinook
salmon runs, earlier migrating runs, and/or an increase in the
incidence of adult salmon fallbacks. Modification 2 is requested for
the duration of the permit. Permit 895 expires on December 31, 1998.
Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific
reasons why a hearing on this application would be appropriate (see
ADDRESSES). The holding of such a 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: October 23, 1996.
Eric H. Ostrovsky,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-27727 Filed 10-28-96; 8:45 am]
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