[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6975-6976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4161]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 021596B]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of two applications for scientific research permits 
(P605 and P606).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Ms. Pamela A. Petrusso, in 
collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at Red Bluff, CA 
(BOR), and the Contra Costa Water District at Concord, CA (CCWD) have 
applied in due form for permits to take juvenile, endangered, 
Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 
for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on either of 
these applications must be received on or before March 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The applications 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

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    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 should be 
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of 
Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ms. Petrusso and CCWD request permits 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).
    Ms. Petrusso, a graduate assistant of Michigan State University 
(P605), requests a 2-year permit to determine the physical condition of 
juvenile chinook salmon rearing in mainstem habitats between Keswick 
Dam and Red Bluff on the Sacramento River. Listed juvenile salmon will 
be captured and handled indirectly during run-of-the-river sampling 
activities. Any adipose fin-clipped juveniles collected, including 
juvenile, listed, hatchery-produced, winter-run chinook salmon, will be 
sacrificed and provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Red 
Bluff, CA for coded-wire tag extraction. The proposed project will 
contribute to BOR's efforts to reduce migration impediments to the four 
runs of Sacramento River chinook salmon by providing baseline data for 
interpretation of the results of entrainment studies. In addition, the 
study will advance the understanding of the early life history and 
ecology of young chinook salmon in the upper Sacramento River.
    CCWD (P606) requests a 5-year permit to monitor its Mallard Slough 
pumping facility for the presence of listed juvenile salmon in 
compliance with the California ESA requirements imposed by the 
California Department of Fish and Game. Listed juvenile salmon may be 
captured and handled during bimonthly sampling from February 15 to July 
31 each year within the Mallard Slough intake channel and in the 
adjacent San Joaquin River channel. Any adipose fin-clipped juveniles 
collected, including juvenile, listed, hatchery-produced, winter-run 
chinook salmon, will be sacrificed and provided to the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service at Stockton, CA for coded-wire tag extraction. 
Sampling will not occur if Delta water quality conditions do not allow 
the operation of the Mallard Slough facility. The monitoring results 
will indicate the relative abundance of sensitive fish species and 
allow CCWD to modify operation of the Mallard Slough facility as 
necessary to minimize potential entrainment losses.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set 
out the specific reasons why a hearing on either 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 these application summaries are those of the 
applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: February 16, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4161 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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