[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34444-34445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13430]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051800A]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit 1235.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a permit to the 
City of Seattle (City) that authorizes incidental take of Endangered 
Species Act-listed anadromous fish, subject to certain conditions set 
forth therein.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for

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review in the following office, by appointment:
    Washington State Habitat Branch, 510 Desmond Drive SE, Suite 103, 
Lacey, WA 98503

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Landino (360-753-9530)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The permit and permit amendment were issued 
under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(B) 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 222-227).
    The City's covered activities include watershed management and 
related operations as described in the Cedar River Watershed Habitat 
Conservation Plan (HCP) and associated Draft Environmental Assessment 
(EA), Final EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The FONSI 
was signed on April 19, 2000.
    Notice was published on December 11, 1998, and January 5, 1999 (63 
FR 68469, and 64 FR 480) that an application had been filed by the City 
for an incidental take permit. Permit 1235 was issued to the City on 
April 21, 2000. Permit 1235 authorizes the City incidental take of 
threatened Puget Sound (PS) chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). As 
well, other anadromous fish that are not now ESA-listed are covered 
species and would be included on the permit at time of listing. Permit 
1235 expires on December 31, 2050.
    Issuance of the permit was based on a finding that the City had met 
the permit issuance criteria of 50 CFR 222.22(c). The permit will take 
effect for listed covered species on the effective date of a rule under 
Section 4(d) of the ESA prohibiting take of the species. For unlisted 
covered species, the permit will take effect upon the listing of a 
species as endangered, and for a species listed as threatened, on the 
effective date of a rule under Section 4(d) of the ESA prohibiting take 
of the species.

    Dated: May 24, 2000.
Wanda L. Cain,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-13430 Filed 5-26-00; 8:45 am]
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