[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for an incidental take permit 
(P503L).

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    Notice is hereby given that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game 
(IDFG) has applied in due form for a permit to take listed species as 
authorized by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) 
and the NMFS regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 
CFR parts 217-227).
    The applicant requests authorization to continue its anadromous 
fish mitigation program funded by Idaho Power Company. The program 
includes four hatcheries, the operation of which was authorized in 1993 
through Permit 832. The activities included in this application are: 
(1) Release of hatchery steelhead smolts in the Snake and Salmon 
Rivers; (2) adult hatchery steelhead broodstock collection in the Snake 
and upper Salmon Rivers; (3) release of hatchery spring chinook smolts 
in the Snake and lower Salmon Rivers; (4) adult hatchery spring chinook 
broodstock collection in the Snake and lower Salmon Rivers, and (5) 
adult natural summer chinook trap and transport in the lower Salmon 
River. IDFG is requesting authorization for a period of five years, 
through 1998.
    The proposed activities may incidentally affect endangered Snake 
River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), threatened Snake River 
spring/summer chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), and threatened Snake 
River fall chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) through broodstock 
collection, predation, competition, behavior modification, transmission 
of disease, straying, and the operation of the hatchery facilities.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1335 East-West Hwy., 
Silver Spring, MD 20910, within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular application would be 
appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion of the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries. All statements and opinions 
contained in this application summary are those of the Applicant and do 
not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
    Documents submitted in connection with the above application are 
available for review by interested persons in the following offices by 
appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1335 
East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301-713-2322); and
Environmental and Technical Services Division, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 911 North East 11th Ave., room 620, Portland, OR 
97232 (503-230-5400).

    Dated: December 22, 1993.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 94-293 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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