[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7795]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032196B]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permits 990 (P45U), 991 (P599), and 992 (P600).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued permits that
authorize takes of Endangered Species Act-listed species for the
purpose of scientific research/monitoring, subject to certain
conditions set forth therein, to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at
Red Bluff, CA (FWS), the California Department of Water Resources in
Sacramento, CA (CDWR), and California State University at Chico, CA
(CSU).
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
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The permits were issued 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 217-222).
Notice was published on November 27, 1995 (60 FR 58334) that an
application had been filed by FWS (P45U) for a permit to take an ESA-
listed species. Permit 990 was issued to FWS on March 20, 1996. Permit
990 authorizes FWS to take adult and juvenile, endangered, Sacramento
River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated
with five scientific research/monitoring projects being conducted by
the Northern Central Valley Fish and Wildlife Office (NCVFWO) in Red
Bluff, CA and a project being conducted by the Sacramento/San Joaquin
Estuary Fishery Resource Office (SSJFRO) in Stockton, CA. The five
projects being conducted by NCVFWO are: (1) A census of juvenile
salmonid downstream migration, (2) the radio-tracking of spawning
adults, (3) the entrainment of juveniles at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam
downstream migrant fish protection facilities, (4) egg incubation
temperature tolerance studies, and (5) monitoring adult fish passage to
provide adult population estimates. The project being conducted by
SSJFRO is aimed at updating the knowledge of the factors influencing
young salmon abundance, distribution, and survival in the estuary and
is included with Study 1. Permit 990 will expire on June 30, 2001.
Notice was published on November 15, 1995 (60 FR 57402) that an
application had been filed by CDWR (P599) for a permit to take an ESA-
listed species. Permit 991 was issued to CDWR on March 20, 1996. Permit
991 authorizes CDWR to take juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River
winter-run chinook salmon associated with a scientific research
project. The research goal is to develop a technique to distinguish
between California's Central Valley chinook races in a mixed-stock
population, particularly winter-run, based on an analysis of the
nuclear DNA material from fin tissue samples. Permit 991 will expire on
June 30, 1999.
Notice was published on November 15, 1995 (60 FR 57402) that an
application had been filed by CSU (P600) for a permit to take an ESA-
listed species. Permit 992 was issued to CSU on March 20, 1996. Permit
992 authorizes CSU to take juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River
winter-run chinook salmon associated with a scientific research/
monitoring project. The project is designed to assess the use of the
non-natal rearing habitat in the Central Valley by juvenile chinook
salmon, specifically the small, intermittent tributaries. The knowledge
gained may be important to protecting listed fish populations since
many of the smaller tributaries are being degraded. Permit 992 will
expire on June 30, 1999.
Issuance of the permits, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such actions: (1) Were requested in good faith, (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the ESA-listed species that is the
subject of the permits, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA and the NMFS regulations
governing listed species permits.
Dated: March 22, 1996.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-7795 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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