[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2747]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 012698A]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of an amendment to an application for a scientific
research permit (1116).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Public Utility District No. 1 of
Douglas County (PUDDC) at East Wenatchee, WA has submitted in due form
an amendment to an application for a permit that would provide
authorization for takes of an endangered anadromous fish species for
the purpose of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the amended
application must be received on or before March 6, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The amended 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
Protected Resources Division, F/NWO3, 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, Protected Resources Division in Portland, OR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Lichatowich (503-230-5438).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PUDDC requests 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).
On January 15, 1998, a notice was published (63 FR 2364) that NMFS
received an application for a 5-year permit from PUDDC that would
provide authorization for takes of juvenile, endangered, naturally-
produced and artificially-propagated, upper Columbia River steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) associated with scientific research. NMFS has
received an amendment to the application requesting an additional
annual take of ESA-listed juvenile steelhead associated with a study
designed to understand the status of juvenile salmonid migration at
Wells Dam on the Columbia River in WA. ESA-listed juvenile fish are
proposed to be lethally taken by fyke nets.
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 27, 1998.
Nancy I. Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-2747 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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