[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23883-23884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D.050101E]


Endangered Species; Permit 1067

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

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit 1067.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following action regarding 
permits for takes of endangered and threatened species for the purposes 
of scientific research and/or enhancement. NMFS has received an 
application from California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA 
to modify permit 1067.

DATES: Comments or requests for a public hearing on any of the new 
applications or modification requests must be received at the 
appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. 
Pacific daylight time on June 11, 2001.

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ADDRESSES: Written comments on any of the new applications or 
modification requests should be sent to Protected Resources Division, 
NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528. Comments 
may also be sent via fax to (707) 578-3435. Comments will not be 
accepted if submitted via e-mail or the Internet.
    The application and related documents are available for review in 
the following office, by appointment: Office of Protected Resources, F/
PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-
713-1401).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Permits Coordinator, Protected 
Resources Division, (707-575-6053).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    Issuance of permits and permit modifications, as required by the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on 
a finding that such permits/modifications are (1) applied for in good 
faith; (2) would not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species 
which are the subject of the permits; and (3) are consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. Authority to 
take listed species is subject to conditions set forth in the permits. 
Permits and modifications are issued in accordance with and are subject 
to the ESA and NMFS regulations governing listed fish and wildlife 
permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on an application listed in 
this notice should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on that 
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 the permit 
action summaries are those of the applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

    The following species and evolutionarily significant units (ESU's) 
are covered in this notice: Threatened Central California Coast (CCC) 
steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), threatened (CCC) coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch), threatened, California Coastal (CC) chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Modification Requests Received

    The California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) requests a 
modification to permit 1067 for takes of adult and juvenile threatened 
CCC coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with a proposal to 
develop a conservation hatchery program for coho salmon at the 
Congressman Don Clausen Fish Hatchery at Warm Springs Dam in Sonoma 
County, CA. The purpose of this program is to prevent extirpation of 
portions of the CCC coho salmon ESU by restoring lost or declining 
stocks and to provide a mechanism to conserve potential broodstock of 
CCC coho salmon. The overall goal of the program is to restore self-
sustaining and self-regulating stocks of coho salmon to the CCC coho 
salmon ESU. Presently, permit 1067 authorizes intentional takes of 
adult and juvenile CCC coho salmon for research projects throughout the 
CCC coho salmon ESU. This requested modification would add additional 
intentional takes of adult and juvenile CCC coho salmon to the CDFG 
permit and include authorization to implement an enhancement program. 
These activities may also result in incidental takes of threatened CCC 
steelhead (O. mykiss) and threatened, California Coastal (CC) chinook 
salmon, (O. tshawytscha). This requested modification to permit 1067 
would authorize intentional take of adult and juvenile CCC coho salmon 
and incidental take of CCC steelhead and CC chinook salmon. Permit 1067 
expires on June 30, 2002.

    Dated: May 4, 2001.
Chris Mobley,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-11841 Filed 5-9-01; 8:45 am]
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