[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19894]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 072996A]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 5 to scientific
research permit 818 (P211C).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife in La Grande, OR (ODFW) has applied in due form for a
modification to a permit authorizing takes of a threatened species for
the purpose of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application must be received on or before September 5, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The application 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).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of
Protected Resources.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ODFW requests a modification to 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).
ODFW (P211C) requests modification 5 to permit 818. Permit 818
authorizes takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/
summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) for scientific
research. For modification 5, ODFW requests that permit 818 be extended
through June of 1998, for a total duration of approximately five years.
Permit 818 was issued by NMFS on April 22, 1993 (58 FR 25811, April 28,
1993) and is currently set to expire on December 31, 1996.
Also for modification 5, ODFW requests an increase in the takes of
adult and juvenile, ESA-listed salmon associated with new studies in
the Wallowa River Basin. ODFW proposes to determine the migration
timing, survival rates, seasonal distribution, relative abundance, and
habitat utilization of spring chinook salmon juveniles produced within
the Wallowa River Basin. In addition, ODFW will investigate the
significance of cold-water refugia in the life histories of juvenile
salmonids. A greater number of ESA-listed fish are proposed to be
observed or captured and handled. ODFW also proposes to tag/mark a
greater number of ESA-listed fish with passive integrated transponders
or pigment inoculation. The new research will provide essential
information on the life history and critical habitat of the spring
chinook salmon populations in the Wallowa River Basin. The information
collected will enable managers to make more effective decisions
concerning the protection and enhancement of critical habitat.
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: July 30, 1996.
Eric H. Ostrovsky,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-19894 Filed 8-5-96; 8:45 am]
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