[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3844-3845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1341]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011095D]


Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an application for a scientific research 
permit (P770#68) and an application for modification 2 to scientific 
research permit 900 (P770#66).

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    Notice is hereby given that the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science 
Center has applied in due form for a scientific research permit 
(P770#68) and modification 2 to scientific research permit 900 
(P770#66) to take listed species as authorized by the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS 
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 
217-227).
    The NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center requests a permit to 
conduct 6 studies with a take of the following endangered species: 
Adult and juvenile Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), juvenile Snake River fall chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and juvenile Snake River sockeye salmon 
(Oncorhynchus nerka). The objective of study 1 is to compare the 
survival to adulthood of spring/summer chinook salmon smolts 
transported from either Lower Granite or Little Goose Dam on the Snake 
River to below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River with the survival 
to adulthood of smolts migrating volitionally through 6 or 7 dams and 
reservoirs under prevailing river conditions. The objective of study 2 
is to assess the migration timing and relative survival of transported 
and inriver juvenile chinook salmon migrating volitionally from 
Bonneville Dam to the mouth of the Columbia River. The objective of 
studies 3-6 is to determine the effectiveness of fish guidance devices 
and other bypass system components being considered for installation at 
4 Snake and Columbia River hydroelectric dams for the purpose of 
improving anadromous fish passage past these dams during juvenile 
outmigration. Studies 1 and 2 are requested for a duration of 5 years. 
Studies 3-6 are requested for a duration of 1 year.
    For modification 2 to Permit 900, the NMFS Northwest Fisheries 
Science Center requests an increase in the take of juvenile, 
endangered, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon associated with 
study 3, a preliminary evaluation of the new juvenile collection, 
bypass, and sampling facility at McNary Dam. The increased take is 
requested to test an automatic system for detecting and diverting run-
of-the-river fish tagged with passive integrated transponders (PIT) 
from the population of fish moving through the collection facility. The 
purpose of the automatic PIT tag detector and diversion system is to 
facilitate the collection of scientific information on juvenile 
salmonid migration while minimizing adverse impacts to the fish. The 
increased take is requested for 1995 only.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
application 

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should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 
of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910-3226, within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out 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, NOAA. 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, NMFS, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Environmental and Technical Services Division, NMFS, NOAA, 525 
North East Oregon St., Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232 (503-230-5400).

    Dated: January 11, 1995.
Patricia Montanio,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-1341 Filed 1-18-95; 8:45 am]
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