[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14672-14673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7744]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032197A]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 3 to incidental take 
permit 844 (P503I).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Idaho Department of Fish and 
Game in Boise, ID (IDFG) has applied in due form for modification 3 to 
permit 844 authorizing an incidental take of a threatened species 
associated with sport-fishing activities.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the 
modification application must be received on or before April 28, 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, Environmental and Technical Services Division, 
Portland.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IDFG requests modification 3 to permit 844 
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).
    For modification 3 to permit 844, IDFG (P503I) requests 
authorization for an increase in the incidental take of adult, 
threatened, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha) associated with the opening of two sport fisheries on the 
Little Salmon River and the Clearwater River in Idaho. The fisheries 
are proposed to target adult, non-listed, hatchery-produced spring 
chinook salmon in these watersheds. The primary source of take would be 
the incidental catch and release of ESA-listed spring/summer chinook 
salmon that may be present in the fishery areas during the fisheries. 
IDFG will maintain efforts to minimize the impacts to ESA-listed fish, 
including public information, biological monitoring, and enforcement. 
An increase in the incidental mortality of adult, ESA-listed, Snake 
River spring/summer chinook salmon is also requested. Modification 3 is 
requested to be valid in 1997 only. Permit 844 expires on April 30, 
1998.
    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

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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 21, 1997.
Joseph R. Blum,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-7744 Filed 3-26-97; 8:45 am]
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