[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2747]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 012698A]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an amendment to an application for a scientific 
research permit (1116).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Public Utility District No. 1 of 
Douglas County (PUDDC) at East Wenatchee, WA has submitted in due form 
an amendment to an application for a permit that would provide 
authorization for takes of an endangered anadromous fish species for 
the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the amended 
application must be received on or before March 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The amended 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 Resources Division, F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 
500, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Chief, Protected Resources Division in Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Lichatowich (503-230-5438).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PUDDC 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).
    On January 15, 1998, a notice was published (63 FR 2364) that NMFS 
received an application for a 5-year permit from PUDDC that would 
provide authorization for takes of juvenile, endangered, naturally-
produced and artificially-propagated, upper Columbia River steelhead 
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) associated with scientific research. NMFS has 
received an amendment to the application requesting an additional 
annual take of ESA-listed juvenile steelhead associated with a study 
designed to understand the status of juvenile salmonid migration at 
Wells Dam on the Columbia River in WA. ESA-listed juvenile fish are 
proposed to be lethally taken by fyke nets.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set 
out the specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be 
appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion of the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and 
opinions contained in this application summary are those of the 
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: January 27, 1998.
Nancy I. Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-2747 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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