[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11808-11809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7044]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031596B]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a modification to a research/
enhancement permit (P211I).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Oregon Department of Fish and 
Wildlife in La Grande, OR (ODFW) has applied in due form for a 
modification to a permit authorizing a take of a threatened species for 
the purpose of scientific research/enhancement.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before April 22, 1996

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, 525 NE Oregon 
Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of 
Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ODFW requests a modification to a 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).
    ODFW (P211I) requests modification 1 to scientific research/
enhancement permit 973. Permit 973 authorizes ODFW a take of juvenile, 
threatened, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha) associated with a captive broodstock program for three 
races of threatened chinook salmon in the Grande Ronde River Basin. 
Permit 973, issued on August 7, 1995 (60 FR 42147, August 15, 1995), 
authorized the collection, handling, and rearing of juvenile, listed, 
naturally-produced, chinook salmon for the beginning of the captive 
broodstock program. For modification 1, ODFW requests a transfer of 
1994 brood juveniles of Catherine Creek origin and 1994 brood juveniles 
of Lostine River origin to the NMFS Manchester Marine Laboratory in 
Washington. ODFW also requests that the NMFS staff at the laboratory, 
under the direction of Dr. Conrad Mehnken, be authorized to rear and 
maintain the listed juvenile fish as an agent of ODFW under permit 973. 
The objective of the transfer is to dilute the risk of an unanticipated 
catastrophic event that could cause a decimation of the gene pool at 
one hatchery location by allocating listed juvenile fish to another 
hatchery location. The transfer of listed juvenile fish is requested 
for 1996 only. The authorization for NMFS's responsibility to rear and 
maintain listed juvenile fish as an agent of ODFW under permit 973 is 
requested for the duration of the permit. Permit 973 expires on 
September 30, 1998.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set 
out the specific reasons why a hearing on this 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: March 18, 1996.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-7044 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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