[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46445-46446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22322]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 082796C]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of modification 2 to permit 921 (P503P) and
notification of withdrawal of an application for a permit (P510C).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a modification to
a permit that authorizes takes of an Endangered Species Act-listed
species for the purpose of scientific research/enhancement, subject to
certain conditions set forth therein, to the Idaho Department of Fish
and Game at Boise, ID (IDFG) and has received a notification of
withdrawal of an application for an incidental take permit from 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 modification to a permit was 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 ESA-
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-222).
An application was submitted by IDFG (P503P) for modification 2 to
scientific research/enhancement permit 921. Modification 2 to permit
921 was issued to IDFG on August 2, 1996. Permit 921 authorizes IDFG
annual takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/
summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a
supplementation program at McCall Hatchery. For Modification 2, IDFG is
authorized to allow a proportion of the adult, ESA-listed, natural-
origin fish that are released upstream of IDFG's weir at the South Fork
of the Salmon River each year for natural spawning to migrate
volitionally to their respective spawning locations. IDFG may transport
the remaining adult, ESA-listed, natural-origin fish to be released for
natural spawning to Stolle Meadows. Previously, NMFS had required IDFG
to transport all of the adult, ESA-listed, natural-origin fish to be
released for natural spawning to Stolle Meadows. Modification 2 is
valid for the duration of the permit. Permit 921 expires on December
31, 1998.
Notice was published on June 20, 1996 (61 FR 31510) that an
application had been filed by SBT (P510C) for an incidental take
permit. SBT requested a 5-year permit for an annual incidental take of
juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a study designed to
determine the distribution and abundance of bull trout (Salvelinus
confluentus) in the Herd Creek watershed of the East Fork Salmon River
and Burnt Creek of the Pahsimeroi River. NMFS has received notification
that SBT would like to withdraw their request for an incidental take
permit. SBT now believe that their sampling in the East Fork Salmon
River drainage will not result in a take of ESA-listed salmon because
no chinook salmon redds or parr were observed recently in the areas
where SBT propose to conduct their research. Furthermore, SBT will
survey their chosen research sites by snorkeling prior to sampling to
confirm the absence of ESA-listed fish.
Issuance of the permit modification, as required by the ESA, was
based on a finding that such action: (1) Was requested in good faith,
(2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the ESA-listed species that
is the subject of the permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes
and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA and the NMFS regulations
governing ESA-listed species permits.
Dated: August 27, 1996.
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-22322 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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