[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1153]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011097A]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 1 to scientific 
research permit 994 (P497D).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Idaho Cooperative Fish and 
Wildlife Research Unit at Moscow, ID (ICFWRU) has applied in due form 
for a modification to a permit that authorizes a take of threatened 
species for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before February 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, 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: ICFWRU 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).
    Permit 994 currently authorizes ICFWRU (P497D) takes of adult, 
threatened, Snake River spring/summer and fall chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a study designed to assess 
the passage success of migrating adult salmonids at the four dams and 
reservoirs in the lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, 
evaluate fish responses to specific flow and spill conditions, and 
evaluate measures to improve passage. For modification 1, ICFWRU 
proposes to include adult sockeye salmon in the study, a percentage of 
which will be adult, endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon 
(Oncorhynchus nerka). Adult sockeye salmon are proposed to be captured, 
anesthetized, fitted with radio transmitters and identifier tags, 
allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. Once returned to 
the river, the movement and migration timing of each fish will be 
recorded at fixed-site and mobile receiver stations as the fish migrate 
upstream. Primary benefits of the study will be the ability to identify 
areas in the fishways that are problematic for adult passage and to 
determine the proportion of salmonids that pass the upstream dams and 
enter tributaries to spawn, enter hatcheries, are taken in fisheries, 
or are losses between the dams. Modification 1 is requested for the 
duration of the permit. Permit 994 expires on December 31, 2000.
    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.

    Dated: January 13, 1997.
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1153 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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