[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 18757] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-9960] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 041497B] Endangered Species; Permits AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Issuance of modification 1 to permit 991 (P599). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a modification to a permit that authorizes takes of an Endangered Species Act-listed species for the purpose of scientific research, subject to certain conditions set forth therein, to the California Department of Water Resources in Sacramento, CA (CDWR). 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 Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707-575-6066). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The modification to a permit was issued 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 217-222). Notice was published on December 30, 1996 (61 FR 68721) that an application had been filed by CDWR (P599) for modification 1 to permit 991. Modification 1 to permit 991 was issued to CDWR on March 24, 1997. Permit 991 authorizes CDWR takes of juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with scientific research. For modification 1 to permit 991, CDWR is authorized an annual take of juvenile, ESA-listed fish associated with a fisheries study of the Yolo Bypass, a floodplain adjacent to the Sacramento River where large numbers of salmon are trapped when high flows recede. Study results will be used to provide recommendations for ecosystem restoration options, to identify actions to minimize adverse effects to juvenile salmon, and to make habitat restoration efforts as harmless to fish as possible. Modification 1 is valid for the duration of the permit. Permit 991 expires on June 30, 1999. Issuance of the permit modification, as required by the ESA, was based on a finding that such action: (1) Was requested in good faith, (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the ESA-listed species that is the subject of the permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed species permits. Dated: April 14, 1997. Robert C. Ziobro, Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 97-9960 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F