[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59847-59848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29282]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102197C]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of modification 1 to permit 992.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a modification to 
a permit to California State University at Chico, CA (CSU) that 
authorizes a take of an endangered anadromous fish species for the 
purpose of scientific research, subject to certain conditions set forth 
therein.

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, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa 
Rosa, CA 95404 (707-575-6050).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Holsinger, Protected Species 
Division, Santa Rosa, CA (707-575-6064).

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).
    Modification 1 to permit 992 was issued to CSU on October 3, 1997. 
Permit 992 authorizes CSU an annual take of juvenile, endangered, 
Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 
associated with scientific research. For modification 1, CSU is 
authorized to use electrofishing gear in sampling activities aimed at 
capturing juvenile salmon in six non-natal rearing streams in the 
Central Valley. In addition, CSU is

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authorized to collect non-lethal, caudal fin tissue samples from ESA-
listed fish and to conduct genetic analyses of the fin tissue. Issuance 
of the permit modification will not result in an increase in the number 
of ESA-listed winter-run chinook salmon authorized to be captured and 
handled by permit 992. Modification 1 is valid for the duration of 
permit 992. Permit 992 expires on June 30, 1999.
    The modification to a permit, as required by the ESA, was based on 
a finding that the action: (1) Was requested/proposed in good faith, 
(2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered 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: October 29, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-29282 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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