[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6975-6976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4161]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 021596B]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of two applications for scientific research permits
(P605 and P606).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Ms. Pamela A. Petrusso, in
collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at Red Bluff, CA
(BOR), and the Contra Costa Water District at Concord, CA (CCWD) have
applied in due form for permits to take juvenile, endangered,
Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
for the purpose of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on either of
these applications must be received on or before March 25, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review in the following offices, by appointment:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
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Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of
Protected Resources.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ms. Petrusso and CCWD request permits 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 listed fish
and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
Ms. Petrusso, a graduate assistant of Michigan State University
(P605), requests a 2-year permit to determine the physical condition of
juvenile chinook salmon rearing in mainstem habitats between Keswick
Dam and Red Bluff on the Sacramento River. Listed juvenile salmon will
be captured and handled indirectly during run-of-the-river sampling
activities. Any adipose fin-clipped juveniles collected, including
juvenile, listed, hatchery-produced, winter-run chinook salmon, will be
sacrificed and provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Red
Bluff, CA for coded-wire tag extraction. The proposed project will
contribute to BOR's efforts to reduce migration impediments to the four
runs of Sacramento River chinook salmon by providing baseline data for
interpretation of the results of entrainment studies. In addition, the
study will advance the understanding of the early life history and
ecology of young chinook salmon in the upper Sacramento River.
CCWD (P606) requests a 5-year permit to monitor its Mallard Slough
pumping facility for the presence of listed juvenile salmon in
compliance with the California ESA requirements imposed by the
California Department of Fish and Game. Listed juvenile salmon may be
captured and handled during bimonthly sampling from February 15 to July
31 each year within the Mallard Slough intake channel and in the
adjacent San Joaquin River channel. Any adipose fin-clipped juveniles
collected, including juvenile, listed, hatchery-produced, winter-run
chinook salmon, will be sacrificed and provided to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service at Stockton, CA for coded-wire tag extraction.
Sampling will not occur if Delta water quality conditions do not allow
the operation of the Mallard Slough facility. The monitoring results
will indicate the relative abundance of sensitive fish species and
allow CCWD to modify operation of the Mallard Slough facility as
necessary to minimize potential entrainment losses.
Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set
out the specific reasons why a hearing on either 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 these application summaries are those of the
applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
Dated: February 16, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4161 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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