[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25303]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091697D]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a scientific research permit 
(1089).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Entrix Inc. At Walnut Creek, CA 
has applied in due form for a permit authorizing takes of an endangered 
species for scientific research purposes.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before October 24, 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
    Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, 
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707-575-6066).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Protected Species Division in Santa Rosa, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Entrix Inc. requests 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).
    Entrix Inc. requests a five-year permit for takes of adult and 
juvenile, endangered, southern California coast steelhead (Oncorhynchus 
mykiss) associated with fish population and habitat studies in the 
Santa Ynez, Santa Clara and Ventura Rivers and their tributaries within 
the Evolutionarily Significant Unit. The studies consist of five 
assessment tasks for which ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken: 
(1) Presence/absence, (2) population estimates, (3) spawner surveys, 
(4) genetic sampling, and (5) habitat quality evaluation. ESA-listed 
fish are proposed to be observed or captured, anesthetized, handled, 
allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed adult 
and juvenile salmon indirect mortalities associated with the research 
are also requested.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on this request for a permit 
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 permit application summaries are those 
of the applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: September 17, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25303 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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