[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20514-20515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11264]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042996D]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 4 to scientific 
research/monitoring permit 822 (P500B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Fish Passage Center at 
Portland, OR (FPC) has applied in due form for a modification to a 
permit to take endangered and threatened species for the purpose of 
scientific research/monitoring.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before June 6, 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: FPC 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 ESA-
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
    FPC (P500B) requests modification 4 to permit 822 for an increase 
in their annual take of ESA-listed species associated with an 
additional scientific research/monitoring activity, an increase in the 
number of outmigrating juvenile salmonids in 1996, and recognition of 
an ESA-listed adult salmon incidental take. Permit 822 authorizes an 
annual take of juvenile, threatened, naturally-produced and 
artificially-propagated, 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 
scientific research/monitoring activities at upstream locations and at 
the hydropower dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers in the Pacific 
Northwest.
    FPC requests an increase in the number of juvenile, ESA-listed, 
naturally-produced and artificially-propagated, Snake River spring/
summer chinook salmon associated with the operation of a second airlift 
sampler at John Day Dam during the 1996 juvenile outmigration. FPC 
requests an increase in the number of juvenile, ESA-listed, Snake River 
sockeye salmon to be captured and handled, and an increase in the 
resulting indirect mortality of these fish, associated with an increase 
in the estimate of the number of ESA-listed salmon juveniles expected 
to outmigrate in 1996. In addition, FPC requests an incidental take of 
adult and jack, ESA-listed, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon 
associated with fallbacks through the juvenile bypass systems at 
Bonneville and John Day Dams on the Columbia River. FPC also requests a 
modification of their sampling protocol for monitoring juvenile 
salmonids for symptoms of gas bubble trauma (GBT). An additional take 
of ESA-listed species is not requested for the modified GBT sampling 
protocol. Modification 4 is requested for the duration of the permit. 
Permit 822 expires on December 31, 1997.
    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 this application summary are those of the 
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.


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    Dated: April 29, 1996.
Margaret Lorenz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-11264 Filed 5-6-96; 8:45 am]
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