[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20673-20674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10316]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042095C]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an application for modification 5 to 
scientific research and enhancement Permit 747 (P45H) and notice of 
withdrawal of an application for a scientific research permit (P578).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(FWS) has applied in due form for Modification 5 to scientific research 
and enhancement Permit 747 (P45H) and that the California Department of 
Water Resources (DWR) withdrew their scientific research permit 
application (P578) to take endangered Sacramento River winter-run 
chinook salmon.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the FWS 
permit modification request must be received on or before May 30, 1995.

[[Page 20674]] ADDRESSES: The FWS permit modification application and 
related documents are available for review or by appointment in the 
following offices:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., 
Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016).
    Written comments, or requests for a public hearing on this 
modification application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 
Species Division, Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FWS (P45H) requests Modification 5 to 
scientific research and enhancement Permit 747 under the authority of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and NMFS 
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 
217-227). The applicant requests authorization for an increased annual 
take of juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River winter-run chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to increase the understanding of 
juvenile salmonid rearing and outmigration and to assist with the 
evaluation of juvenile salmonid abundance and outmigration timing in 
the vicinity of the Red Bluff Research Pumping Facility. Modification 5 
would be valid for the duration of the permit. Permit 747 expires on 
December 31, 1995.
    On December 22, 1994, notice was published (59 FR 66006) that an 
application had been filed by DWR for a scientific research permit 
(P578) to take juvenile and adult, endangered, Sacramento River winter-
run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as authorized by the 
above laws and regulations. On January 30, 1995, DWR withdrew their 
scientific research permit application. DWR is now proposing to direct 
their research in 1995 at non-listed fish by beginning the project in 
the spring after the juveniles of this listed species outmigrate to the 
ocean.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on FWS's modification 
application (see ADDRESSES) 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.

    Dated: April 21, 1995.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-10316 Filed 4-26-95; 8:45 am]
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