[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25927-25928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12367]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050697C]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of applications for a scientific research permit (P646) 
and modification 1 to scientific research permit 1025 (P622).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Amy Harris, a student of 
California State University at Sacramento, CA (CSUS) has applied in due 
form for a permit and the California Department of Fish and Game at 
Sacramento, CA (CDFG) has applied in due form for a modification to a 
permit providing authorization for takes of an endangered species for 
scientific research purposes.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on either of 
these applications must be received on or before June 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications 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 (707-575-6064).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Protected Species Division in Santa Rosa, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amy Harris requests a permit and CDFG 
requests modification 1 to permit 1025 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).
    Amy Harris (P646), in association with CSUS, requests a scientific 
research permit for a take of juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River 
winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a 
study designed to compare the relative abundance of juvenile chinook 
salmon in restored shallow-water habitats with those in naturally-
occurring habitats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The success of 
the restoration of these two habitat types will be evaluated. Juvenile, 
ESA-listed, naturally-produced, winter-run chinook salmon are proposed 
to be captured (with an otter trawl and beach seines), anesthetized, 
handled, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. Indirect 
mortalities of juvenile, ESA-listed fish associated with the research 
are also requested. The permit is requested for 1997 only.
    Permit 1025 authorizes CDFG annual takes of adult and juvenile, 
endangered, naturally-produced Sacramento River winter-run chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with scientific research. 
For modification 1, CDFG requests an increase in the take of juvenile, 
ESA-listed fish associated with a new study to evaluate the timing and 
relative abundance of juvenile anadromous salmonids emigrating to the 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Specifically, CDFG proposes to monitor 
juvenile anadromous fish migration at Sutter National Wildlife Refuge 
and at

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the Colusa Weir on Butte Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River. 
This information should assist in the management of Delta water export 
operations by providing an early warning signal of juvenile salmonids 
entering the Delta. Juvenile, ESA-listed fish are proposed to be 
captured, anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the 
anesthetic, and released. Indirect mortalities of juvenile, ESA-listed 
fish associated with the new study are also requested. Any juvenile, 
ESA-listed, artificially-propagated, winter-run chinook salmon taken 
during the study will be sacrificed, frozen, and provided to the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service for research. Modification 1 to permit 1025 
is requested for the duration of the permit. Permit 1025 expires on 
June 30, 2001.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific 
reasons why a hearing on either of these applications 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 these application summaries are 
those of the applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of 
NMFS.

    Dated: May 6, 1997.
Nancy Chu, Chief,
Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-12367 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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