[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7241-7242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4336]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 022096B]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of applications for a scientific research permit
(P504G) and modifications to two scientific research permits (P770#66
and P770#68).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
at Walla Walla, WA (Corps) has applied in due form for a permit and the
Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies Division, NMFS in Seattle, WA
(CZESD) has applied in due form for modifications to permits to take
endangered and threatened species for the purpose of scientific
research.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on any of
these applications must be received on or before March 28, 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
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 permit and CZESD
requests modifications to 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).
The Corps (P504G) requests a 5-year permit to directly take
juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/summer and fall chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and juvenile, endangered, Snake River
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and to incidentally take adult,
threatened, Snake River spring/summer and fall chinook salmon
associated with a study designed to monitor the operation of the new
juvenile fish bypass system at Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River in
Washington. Run-of-the-river juvenile fish, a proportion of which will
be ESA-listed fish, are proposed to be sampled from the bypass system,
anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and
released. The primary purpose of sampling will be to ascertain fish
condition and thereby certify that the bypass system is functioning
correctly. Some adult fish, including listed adult salmon, are expected
to fall back through the juvenile bypass system and are proposed to be
incidentally captured and handled to return them to the river.
CZESD (P770#66) requests modification 3 to permit 900 to allow
their annual take of listed juvenile fish authorized for Study 1,
Survival Estimates for the Passage of Juvenile Salmonids through Dams
and Reservoirs, to be supplemented with juvenile, listed, Snake River
spring/summer chinook salmon captured indirectly by the National
Biological Service (NBS), in association with a fall chinook salmon
study, under the authority of permit 817. Permit 900 authorizes CZESD
to directly take juvenile, threatened, naturally-produced and
artificially-propagated, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon and
incidentally take juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon
and juvenile, endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon for Study 1. In
addition, CZESD would like to add the free-flowing Snake River,
upstream of Lower Granite Reservoir, as a primary release location for
the listed juvenile fish authorized to be captured and handled for
Study 1. CZESD also requests a take of listed species associated with
an additional project under Study 1 designed to evaluate the new
surface collector at Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in
Washington. Modification 3 would be valid for the duration of Study 1
of the permit. Study 1 of permit 900 expires on December 31, 1998.
CZESD (P770#68) requests modification 2 to permit 946 to adjust for
changes in the anticipated 1996 take associated with Study 2, Estuarine
Recovery of Passive Integrated Transponder-tagged Juvenile Salmonids
from the Lower Granite Dam Transportation Study. Permit 946 authorizes
CZESD to take juvenile, threatened, naturally-produced and
artificially-propagated, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon and
juvenile, endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon for Study 2. For the
modification, CZESD requests an increase in the take of juvenile,
endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon. Modification 2 would be valid
for the duration of Study 2 of the permit. Study 2 of permit 946
expires on December 31, 1999.
Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set
out the specific reasons why a hearing on any of these applications
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 20, 1996.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4336 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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