[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7752-7753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3214]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020295A]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of two applications for scientific research
permits (P45Q and P770#69) and receipt of an application for
modification 1 to scientific research permit 914 (P770#67).
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Notice is hereby given that the National Biological Survey in
Corvallis, OR (NBS) and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS in
Seattle, WA (NWFSC) have applied in due form for scientific research
permits (P45Q and P770#69) and that the Northwest Fisheries Science
Center, NMFS in Seattle, WA (NWFSC) has applied in due form for
Modification 1 to scientific research Permit 914 (P770#67) 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).
NBS requests authorization for a lethal take of juvenile,
endangered, naturally produced Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as part of a study designed to compare the
physiological responses of wild chinook smolts with hatchery-produced
chinook smolts when subjected to the bypass and collection facility at
Lower Granite Dam on the Lower Snake River in Washington. A comparison
of the physiological responses of wild and hatchery-produced chinook
smolts may indicate what aspects of bypass and collection for downriver
transportation past hydropower projects are most stressful to wild
listed fish. The requested duration of the permit is April 15 to June
30, 1995.
NWFSC requests a permit to conduct research with a take of the
following endangered species: Juvenile Snake River sockeye salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka), juvenile, naturally produced and artificially
propagated, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha), and juvenile Snake River fall chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). NWFSC will capture, handle, and tag
subyearling, endangered, fall chinook salmon at McNary Dam on the
Columbia River as part of a study comparing the adult recoveries of
run-of-river subyearling chinook salmon subjected to transport past
hydropower dams versus those migrating inriver under as favorable
passage conditions as possible. The other two listed species will be
captured and handled incidental to the research. NWFSC will capture,
handle, and tag the subyearling fish from June 15 to September 15
during each of 3 separate years, not necessarily in succession. The
requested duration of the permit is 5 years.
Permit 914 authorizes NWFSC to capture, handle, and release
juvenile, endangered, naturally produced and artificially propagated
Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and
juvenile, endangered, Snake River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha) as part of a study to assess the incidence of gas bubble
disease (GBD) in selected aquatic biota of the Columbia River Basin
during episodes of high spill volumes at Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake
River and Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in the Pacific
Northwest. For Modification 1, NWFSC requests an increase in the take
of the two listed species already authorized to be taken and
authorization to capture, handle, and release juvenile, endangered,
Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) to carry out a new
study objective. The purpose of the new objective is to compare the
prevalence of signs of GBD in juvenile salmonids collected from the
reservoir and tailrace of Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River and the
reservoir of McNary Dam on the Columbia River with the prevalence of
signs of GBD in fish examined by Fish Passage Center Smolt Monitoring
Program personnel at the same two dams. The requested duration for the
new study objective is from April 15 to June 15, 1995. Permit 914
expires on December 31, 1998.
Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this
application 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,
[[Page 7753]] 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: February 3, 1995.
Patricia A. Montanio,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-3214 Filed 2-8-95; 8:45 am]
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