[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16897-16898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9513]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041196A]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permits 994 (P497D), 996 (P504G), 997 (P770#70),
and 998 (P510B).
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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, subject to certain conditions set forth
therein, to the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at
Moscow, ID (ICFWRU); the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Walla Walla,
WA (Corps); the Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies Division, NMFS at
Seattle, WA (CZESD); and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort Hall, ID
(SBT).
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).
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 February 7, 1996 (61 FR 4626) that an
application had been filed by ICFWRU (P497D) for a permit to take ESA-
listed species. Permit 994 was issued on April 2, 1996 to ICFWRU under
the supervision of Joel Hunt, a research associate at the University of
Idaho. Permit 994 authorizes a take of adult, threatened, Snake River
spring/summer and fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
associated with a study designed to assess the passage success of
migrating adult salmonids at the four dams and reservoirs in the lower
Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, evaluate specific flow and
spill conditions, and evaluate measures to improve adult anadromous
fish passage. Permit 994 will expire on December 31, 2000.
Notice was published on February 27, 1996 (61 FR 7241) that an
application had been filed by the Corps (P504G) for a permit to take
ESA-listed species. Permit 996 was issued to the Corps on April 9,
1996. Permit 996 authorizes the Corps to directly take juvenile,
threatened, Snake River spring/summer and fall chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and juvenile, endangered, Snake River
sockeye salmon
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(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. Some adult
fish, including ESA-listed adult salmon, are expected to fall back
through the juvenile bypass system and will be incidentally captured
and handled in the effort to return them to the river. Permit 996 will
expire on December 31, 2000.
Notice was published on March 5, 1996 (61 FR 8568) that an
application had been filed by CZESD (P770#70) for a permit to take ESA-
listed species. Permit 997 was issued to CZESD on April 8, 1996. Permit
997 authorizes CZESD to take juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/
summer and fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and juvenile,
endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) associated
with four studies designed to evaluate existing and proposed juvenile
fish bypass systems at Ice Harbor and Little Goose Dams on the Snake
River and McNary and John Day Dams on the Columbia River in the Pacific
Northwest. A proportion of the ESA-listed juvenile fish that fail to
enter the fish bypass system at John Day Dam only (Study 4) will be
captured and sacrificed. The authorization for a take of ESA-listed
species associated with Study 1 (Ice Harbor Dam) expires on December
31, 1998. The authorization for a take of ESA-listed species associated
with Studies 2-4 expires on December 31, 1996.
Notice was published on February 7, 1996 (61 FR 4626) that an
application had been filed by SBT (P510B) for a permit to take an ESA-
listed species. Permit 998 was issued to SBT on April 9, 1996. Permit
998 authorizes SBT to take juvenile, endangered, Snake River sockeye
salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) associated with a study designed to
evaluate the destiny of the ESA-listed juvenile sockeye salmon from the
Idaho Department of Fish and Game's captive broodstock program that
were released into Pettit Lake, ID in July, 1995 under the authority of
permit 795. An evaluation of the success of this release is necessary
to make management decisions on future releases of the progeny from the
captive broodstock program. Permit 998 expires on December 31, 2000.
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 are 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: April 11, 1996.
Margaret Lorenz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-9513 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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