[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48385-48386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22953]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 073099C]
Endangered Species; Permits; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit 1168 and correction.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a permit to the
Washington Department of Natural Resources at Olympia, WA (WDNR) that
authorizes annual incidental takes of Endangered Species Act-listed
anadromous fish, subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review in the following office, by appointment:
Washington State Habitat Branch, 510 Desmond Drive SE, Suite 103,
Lacey, WA 98503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Landino (360-753-9530).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The permit was issued under the authority of
section 10(a)(1)(B) 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 222-227).
Notice was published on August 10, 1998 (63 FR 42615), that an
application had been filed by WDNR for an incidental take permit.
Permit 1168 was issued to WDNR on June 14, 1999. Permit 1168 authorizes
WDNR annual incidental takes of threatened Lower Columbia River (LCR)
steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss); LCR chinook and Puget Sound chinook
(O. tshawytscha); Hood Canal summer-run chum and Columbia River chum
(O. keta); and Ozette Lake sockeye (O. nerka). WDNR's covered
activities include timber and non-timber management and related
operations as described in the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and
associated Draft (DEIS) and Final Environmental Impact Statements
(FEIS). The 30-day waiting period for the FEIS ended on December 2,
1996.
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Corrections
Errors that were discovered in the August 10, 1998, notice are
corrected in this notice.
In the Federal Register of August 10, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-21254, on
page 42615, in the third column, in the third paragraph under the
``Background'' heading, in the fourth line, the phrase ``50-year
permit'' is corrected to read ``70 to 100-year permit.''
In the Federal Register of August 10, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-21254, on
page 42615, in the second column, in the first paragraph under the
``Summary'' heading, in the eighth line, the phrase ``associated with
timber management activities in western Washington state'' is corrected
to read ``in western Washington state associated with timber management
activities and specific non-timber management activities described in
the WDNR Habitat Conservation Plan.''
In the Federal Register of August 10, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-21254, on
page 42616, in the first column, in the second paragraph under the
``Implementation Agreement Provisions'' heading, in the third line, the
phrase ``timber management activities'' is corrected to read ``timber
management activities and specific non-timber management activities.''
Further, the recent listing for ESA protection of other species of
anadromous fish means that those species are listed on the permit in
addition to the one species (i.e., LCR steelhead) that was mentioned in
the August 10, 1998 notice. The HCP was specifically developed to
address all species of anadromous fish and any species that becomes
listed in the future will be reviewed at the time of listing to
determine whether it can be added to the permit. In this case, that
review was documented in an ESA section 7 Biological Opinion approved
June 14, 1999.
Permit 1168 expires on January 30, 2067.
Issuance of the permit was based on a finding that WDNR had met the
permit issuance criteria of 50 CFR 222.22(c).
Dated: August 28, 1999.
Wanda L. Cain,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-22953 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am]
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