[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28241]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 103001B]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Amended notice for applications for scientific research permits 
1156 and 1335.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is amending the notice for applications for ESA 
scientific research permits from United States Environmental Protection 
Agency in Corvallis, OR (EPA) and United States Forest Service (USFS) 
in Corvallis, OR.

DATES: Comments or requests for a public hearing on any of the 
applications must be received at the appropriate address or fax number 
(see address) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight time on December 
10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the applications should be sent to 
Protected Resources Division (PRD), F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 
500, Portland, OR 97232-2737 (503-230-5400). Comments may also be sent 
via fax to 503-230-5435. Comments will not be accepted if submitted via 
e-mail or the internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherelle Blazer, Portland, OR, phone: 
503-231-2001, fax: 503-230-5435, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Species Covered in This Notice

    Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Endangered Upper 
Columbia River (UCR), Threatened Lower Columbia River (LCR), Threatened 
Puget Sound (PS)
    Steelhead (O. mykiss): Endangered UCR, Threatened Middle Columbia 
River (MCR), T O. keta hreatened LCR, Threatened Upper Willamette River 
(UWR)
    Chum salmon (????): Threatened Columbia River (CR), Threatened Hood 
Canal summer-run (HC)

Amended Notice

    On April 19, 2000, NMFS published a notification (65 FR 20954) that 
EPA requested an amendment to a modification request for permit 1156. 
The request was to take LCR chinook salmon associated with research 
designed to collect data to enforce the Clean Water Act in the Pacific 
Northwest. EPA had also requested take of UW steelhead associated with 
the research but it was not included in the notice. The additional 
species were requested because an additional sampling location was 
added to the research to accommodate and coordinate with the Regional 
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program in the Cascades 
Ecoregion. The EPA proposes to capture (using electrofishing), examine, 
and release fish. The modification as amended is requested to be valid 
for the duration of the permit, which expires on December 31, 2002.
    On July 20, 2001, NMFS published a notice (66 FR 37947) that USFS 
requested 5-year permit (1335) to take adult and juvenile CR chum 
salmon in three tributaries of the Columbia River in Washington state. 
EPA had also requested take of juvenile UCR, LCR, and PS chinook 
salmon; UCR, MCR, and LCR steelhead; and CR and HC chum salmon 
associated with the research but they were not included in the notice. 
USFS proposes to capture (using backpack electrofishing), anesthetize, 
measure, and release fish. USFS also requests juvenile fish indirect 
mortality associated with the research.

    Dated: November 6, 2001.
Margaret Lorenz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-28241 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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