[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16636]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062995B]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 3 to scientific 
research and enhancement permit 822 (P500B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Fish Passage Center (FPC) in 
Portland, Oregon has applied in due form for a modification to their 
permit that authorizes a take of listed species for the purpose of 
scientific research and enhancement.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before August 7, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Environmental and Technical Services Division, F/NWO3, NMFS, 525 NE 
Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species 
Division, Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FPC requests the modification to their 
permit under the authority of section 10 of 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).
    Permit 822 (P500B) authorizes an annual take of juvenile, 
threatened, naturally-produced, Snake River spring/summer chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); juvenile, threatened, Snake River 
fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); and juvenile, 
endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) associated 
with research sampling activities conducted in accordance with the 
Smolt Monitoring Program. The research sampling activities occur at 
Bonneville, John Day, and McNary Dams on the Columbia River; Lower 
Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite Dams on the Snake River; 
and at the Salmon, Grande Ronde, Clearwater, and Snake River traps.
    For modification 3, FPC requests an increase in the annual take of 
juvenile, listed, spring/summer chinook salmon and juvenile, listed, 
sockeye salmon. Due to the fact that the progeny of listed Snake River 
salmon are considered ESA listed fish, even if propagated in a 
hatchery, FPC has redetermined the annual numbers of listed fish 
handled, and the corresponding indirect mortalities, associated with 
their research activities. In addition, the annual number of sockeye/
kokanee observed at Lower Granite Dam, as compared with historic 
passage data, has increased. The annual increase of migrating sockeye/
kokanee is due to an increase in the number of true migratory sockeye 
leaving Redfish Lake in Idaho, as a result of the Idaho Department of 
Fish and Game's work at rebuilding the run, and large numbers of 
resident kokanee being washed out of Dworshak Reservoir in Idaho during 
periods of spill at Dworshak Dam. Modification 3 is requested for the 
duration of the permit. Permit 822 expires on December 31, 1997.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on this modification 
application should set out the specific reasons why a hearing would be 
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a 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: June 29, 1995.
Marta Nammack,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-16636 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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