[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 69723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29358]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 110102F]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application to modify an existing-scientific 
research/enhancement permit (1112) and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received an application 
for a permit modification from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center 
(SWFSC) in Santa Cruz, CA (1112). The modified permit would affect five 
Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of salmonids identified in 
Supplementary Information below. This document serves to notify the 
public of the availability of the permit modification application for 
review and comment before a final approval or disapproval is made by 
NMFS.

DATES: Written comments on the permit application must be received at 
the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 
p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the modification request should be sent 
to the appropriate office as indicated below. Comments may also be sent 
via fax to the number indicated for the request. Comments will not be 
accepted if submitted via e-mail or the Internet. The applications and 
related documents are available for review in the indicated office, by 
appointment: Daniel Logan, Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma 
Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 6528 (ph: 707 575 6053, fax: 707 
578 3435). Documents may also be reviewed by appointment in the Office 
of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910 3226 (301 713 1401).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Logan at phone number 707-575-
6053, or e-mail: [email protected].

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: (1) are 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 a 
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

    This notice is relevant to the following five threatened salmonid 
ESUs: threatened California Coastal Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha), threatened Central California Coast coho salmon (O. 
kisutch), threatened Central California Coast steelhead (O. mykiss), 
threatened Northern California steelhead, and threatened South-central 
California Coast steelhead.

Modification Request Received

    SWFSC requests a modification to permit 1112 for takes of adult and 
juvenile ESA-listed Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead 
associated with studies monitoring the ecology of salmonids in streams, 
estuaries, and the coastal ocean of California. Presently, permit 1112 
authorizes take of juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River winter-run 
Chinook salmon. This requested modification would add intentional takes 
of threatened California Coastal Chinook salmon, threatened Central 
California Coast coho salmon, threatened Central California Coast 
steelhead, threatened Northern California Coast steelhead, and 
threatened South-central California Coast steelhead to SWFSC's permit.

    Dated: November 12, 2002.
Susan Pultz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-29358 Filed 11-18-02; 8:45 am]
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