[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 104 (Friday, May 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30716-30717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12122]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Emergency Exemption: Issuance of Permit for Endangered Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of emergency issuance of permit for endangered species.

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SUMMARY: The following permit was issued.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted for this 
application are available for review, subject to the requirements of 
the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who 
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 North 
Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203, telephone (703) 
358-2104 or fax (703) 358-2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Division of Management Authority, 
telephone (703) 358-2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 10, 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service) re-issued a permit (PRT-011646) to the Kootenai Tribe 
of Idaho, Bonners Ferry, ID, to export white sturgeon (Acipenser 
transmontanus) fertilized eggs from a spawning and rearing facility in 
Bonners Ferry, Idaho to the Kootenary Trout Hatchery in Fort Steele, 
British Columbia, as advised in the USFWS White Sturgeon Recovery Team 
Plan for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species 
through conservation and propagation. This notification covers 
activities conducted by the applicant over a five year period. This 
action was authorized under Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.). The Service determined 
that an emergency affecting the health of the Kootenai River white 
sturgeon population existed, and that no reasonable alternative was 
available to the applicant for the following reasons.
    The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho requested re-issuance of a permit (PRT-
011646) to export multiple shipments of white sturgeon (Acipenser 
transmontanus) fertilized eggs from a spawning and rearing facility in 
Bonners Ferry, Idaho to the Kootenary Trout Hatchery in Fort Steele, 
British Columbia, an action addressed in the white sturgeon recovery 
plan. This action is taken to protect against the loss of the entire 
hatchery and/or wild stock due to natural or man-made catastrophic 
events. This permit was issued as an

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emergency action in order to accommodate the white sturgeon's spawning 
season.

    Dated: May 10, 2004.
Monica Farris,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management 
Authority.
[FR Doc. 04-12122 Filed 5-27-04; 8:45 am]
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