[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 11416-11417] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-6194] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [I.D. 030697A] Endangered Species; Permits AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 8 to scientific research permit 825 (P513). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission in Portland, OR (CRITFC) has applied in due form for a modification to a permit authorizing takes of endangered and threatened species for scientific research purposes. DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this application must be received on or before April 11, 1997. ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for review in the following offices, by appointment: [[Page 11417]] 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, Environmental and Technical Services Division, Portland. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CRITFC 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). CRITFC (P513) requests modification 8 to scientific research permit 825 for increases in the takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with additional sampling locations and a new study designed to measure the survival, migration rate, and growth of hatchery and wild subyearling fall chinook salmon emigrating from major mainstem tributaries of the Snake River above Lower Granite Dam. Also for modification 8, CRITFC requests a take of adult, threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon associated with spawning ground surveys. Permit 825 currently authorizes CRITFC takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon; juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon; and juvenile, endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) associated with six studies: Juvenile chinook salmon surveys, Imnaha River subbasin monitoring, spawning ground surveys, scale sampling, cryopreservation of chinook salmon gametes, and a gas bubble trauma study. ESA-listed adult salmon are proposed to be captured at Bonneville Dam on the Snake River, anesthetized, examined and sampled for scales, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed adult salmon are also proposed to be observed during spawning ground surveys and carcasses collected. Post-spawned, ESA-listed, adult male salmon are also proposed to be collected, anesthetized, sampled for scales and gametes, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA- listed juvenile salmon are proposed to be observed by snorkeling; captured, handled, and released; or captured, anesthetized, examined or sampled for scales or tagged with passive integrated transponders or marked with dye, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. An increase in juvenile, ESA-listed, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon indirect mortalities is requested. Juvenile, ESA-listed, Snake River fall chinook salmon indirect mortalities are also requested. Modification 8 would be valid for the duration of the permit. Permit 825 expires on December 31, 1997. Those individuals requesting a hearing on the permit modification request 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 the above application summary are those of the applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS. Dated: March 6, 1997. Robert C. Ziobro, Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 97-6194 Filed 3-11-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F