[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16789-16790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8939]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040297D]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of four applications for scientific research permits
(P772#71, P639, P640, P641).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, Tiburon Laboratory, NMFS at Tiburon, CA (SWFSC); Point Reyes
National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National
Park Service at San Francisco, CA (PR/GG); the Marin Municipal Water
District at Corte Madera, CA (MMWD); and the Sonoma County Water Agency
at Santa Rosa, CA (SCWA) have applied in due form for permits
authorizing takes of a threatened species for scientific research
purposes.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on any of
these applications must be received on or before May 8, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
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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 Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707-575-6066).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be
submitted to the Protected Species Division in Santa Rosa, CA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SWFSC, PR/GG, MMWD, and SCWA request 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 ESA-
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
SWFSC (P772#71) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat
studies throughout the Evolutionarily Significant Unit. The studies
consist of five assessment tasks for which ESA-listed fish are proposed
to be taken: (1) Presence/absence, (2) population estimates, (3)
spawner surveys, (4) genetic sampling, and (5) habitat quality
evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be observed or captured,
anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and
released. ESA-listed juvenile salmon indirect mortalities associated
with the research are also requested.
PR/GG (P639) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat
studies in drainages on, and proximate to, National Park Service lands
in Marin County. The studies consist of five assessment tasks for which
ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken: (1) Presence/absence, (2)
population estimates, (3) spawner surveys, (4) genetic sampling, and
(5) habitat quality evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be
observed or captured, anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from
the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed juvenile salmon indirect
mortalities associated with the research are also requested.
MMWD (P640) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat
studies in Marin County. The studies consist of five assessment tasks
for which ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken: (1) Presence/
absence, (2) population estimates, (3) spawner surveys, (4) genetic
sampling, and (5) habitat quality evaluation. ESA-listed fish are
proposed to be observed or captured, anesthetized, handled, allowed to
recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed juvenile salmon
indirect mortalities associated with the research are also requested.
SCWA (P641) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat
studies in Sonoma County. The studies consist of four assessment tasks
for which ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken: (1) Population
estimates, (2) carcass counts, (3) redd surveys, and (4) habitat
quality evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be harassed by SCWA
during field observation activities.
Those individuals requesting a hearing on any of these requests for
a permit 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 permit application
summaries are those of the applicants and do not necessarily reflect
the views of NMFS.
Dated: April 2, 1997.
Margaret Lorenz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8939 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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