[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14431-14432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7236]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031999D]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of a request for modification 1 to permit 1094.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife at Olympia, WA (WDFW) has applied in due form for a permit
modification that would authorize takes of anadromous fish species
listed under the Endangered Species Act for research/enhancement
purposes.
DATES: Written comments or a request for a public hearing on this
request for a permit modification must be received on or before April
26, 1999.
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ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review in the following office, by appointment:
Protected Resources Division (PRD), 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, PRD in Portland, OR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Koch (503-230-5424).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WDFW requests a permit modification under
the authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16
U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed fish
and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
Permit 1094 authorizes WDFW an annual take of adult and juvenile,
endangered, naturally produced and artificially propagated, upper
Columbia River (UCR) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) associated with a
hatchery supplementation program in the mid- to upper Columbia River
Basin. Incidental takes of ESA-listed species resulting from WDFW
hatchery operations and hatchery produced fish releases are also
authorized by the permit. WDFW believes the artificial propagation of
ESA-listed steelhead will benefit the species by enhancing the
population, which is not currently able to naturally replace itself.
For modification 1, WDFW requests an increase in the number of ESA-
listed juvenile steelhead releases from the program in 1999 for
scientific research and enhancement purposes, which may result in an
increase in incidental takes of ESA-listed species. Also for
modification 1, WDFW requests incidental takes of juvenile, endangered,
UCR spring chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) associated with the program.
WDFW has provided a revised conservation plan designed to minimize and
mitigate the potential increase in incidental takes of ESA-listed
species. The revised conservation plan includes a strategy to manage
adult returns. The increases in hatchery produced fish releases is
requested to be valid in 1999 only. Takes of endangered, UCR spring
chinook salmon are requested to be valid for the duration of the
permit, which expires on May 31, 2003.
Those individuals requesting a hearing on this application should
set out the specific reasons why a hearing 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 the above application summary are those of the
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
Dated: March 19, 1999.
Kevin Collins,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-7236 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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