[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31410-31411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14919]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052797E]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for a scientific research 
permit (P770 #73) and an request to modify permit 1010 (P503S).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS Coastal Zone and Estuarine 
Studies Division has applied in due form for a scientific research 
permit to take listed Snake River salmon, and that the Idaho Department 
of Fish and Game has applied in due form for a modification to Permit 
1010.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before July 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for 
review by appointment in the following offices:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., 
Room 13307, 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 on either 
application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species 
Division, Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies 
Division (P770 #73) requests a five-year scientific research permit 
under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 
U.S.C. 1531-1543) and NMFS regulations governing listed fish and 
wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227). This permit would be a 
continuation of work covered under Permit 852, and is to monitor wild 
smolt migrations of Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and to conduct genetic analysis. The 
applicant requests authorization to capture, PIT-tag, and release up to 
30,000 wild juveniles, with 450 indirect mortalities, per year. The 
applicant also wishes to lethally take up to 800 wild juveniles (80 
from each of 10 different populations) and up to 300 (100 from each of 
3 different populations) listed hatchery juveniles per year. In low 
abundance years, lethal take will be suspended, and replaced with non-
lethal fin clip for DNA analysis.
    Idaho Department of Fish and Game (P503S) requests a modification 
to existing permit 1010, to allow the release of maturing spring 
chinook salmon from their captive rearing program.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific 
reasons why a hearing on the particular

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application would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such 
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 applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: May 30, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14919 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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