[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40626-40627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15182]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010803B]


Issuance of Permits

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

ACTION:  Issuance of Permits 1400, 1407, 1414, 1431, 1467, and 
Modification 1 to Permit 1288.

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SUMMARY:  NMFS has issued Permit 1400 to Wildlands, Inc., Permit 1407 
to California Department of Fish and Game, Permit 1414 to East Bay 
Municipal Utility District, Permit 1431 to California Department of 
Water Resources, Permit 1467 to Dr. Peter Klimley, and Modification 1 
to Permit 1288 to Dynamac, Inc./U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ADDRESSES:  Copies of the permit may be obtained from the Protected 
Resources Division, NMFS, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8-300, Sacramento, CA 
95814, or e-mail your request to: [email protected]. Comments may 
also be submitted electronically through the Federal e-Rulemaking 
Portal: http:www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Rosalie del Rosario at phone number 
916-930-3614, or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is relevant to federally 
endangered Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha), and/or threatened Central Valley steelhead (O. mykiss).

Permits

    Permit 1400 was issued to Wildlands, Inc. on March 14, 2004, 
authorizing capture (by beach seine, nets) and

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release of ESA-listed juvenile and adult Sacramento River winter-run 
Chinook salmon, Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and Central 
Valley steelhead from waters within the restored wetlands complex on 
Kimball Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Permit 1400 
authorizes unintentional mortality associated with research activities 
not to exceed 3 percent of the captured ESA-listed fish. The results of 
this study will provide fish and habitat data to develop conceptual 
models relating fish usage to habitat type by species, life stage, and 
native/non-native status. Permit 1400 expires January 1, 2009.
    Permit 1407 was issued to California Department of Fish and Game on 
April 13, 2004, authorizing capture and release of juvenile Sacramento 
River winter-run Chinook salmon from a rotary screw trap located within 
the Sutter Bypass portion of lower Butte Creek. Lethal take of the fish 
associated with the study is not to exceed 2 percent of captured 
winter-run Chinook salmon fish. The purpose of the project is to study 
the life history of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon in Butte 
and Big Chico Creeks (under an existing permit), and may subsequently 
capture juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon. Permit 1407 expires June 
30, 2009.
    Permit 1414 was issued to East Bay Municipal Utility District on 
April 13, 2004, authorizing capture (by trapping, electrofishing) and 
release of adult and juvenile Central Valley steelhead associated with 
monitoring fish populations to measure the success of the Lower 
Mokelumne River Restoration Program. Permit 1414 authorizes lethal take 
of up to 5 adult and 45 juvenile Central Valley steelhead. Permit 1414 
expires June 30, 2008.
    Permit 1431 was issued to California Department of Water Resources 
on June 21, 2004, authorizing capture (by angling, trapping, tagging, 
electrofishing) and release of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon 
and Central Valley steelhead associated with research evaluating the 
effects of the Oroville-Thermalito Complex operation on anadromous 
fishes in the lower Feather River. Lethal take is not to exceed five 
adult Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and five adult and 25 
juvenile Central Valley steelhead. Permit 1431 expires June 30, 2009.
    Permit 1467 was issued to Dr. Peter Klimley of the University of 
California at Davis on April 6, 2004, authorizing unintentional capture 
(by nets) and release of Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, 
Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and Central Valley steelhead 
associated with research involving capture of green sturgeon (Acipenser 
medirostris) in the San Francisco Estuary and upper Sacramento River. 
Permit 1467 authorizes unintentional mortality of up to two adult 
winter-run Chinook salmon, five adult spring-run Chinook salmon, and 
one adult steelhead. Permit 1467 expires June 30, 2008.
    Modification 1 to Permit 1288 was issued to Dynamac Corporation/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 26, 2004, authorizing 
unintentional capture (by electrofishing) and release of Sacramento 
River winter-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley spring-run Chinook 
salmon, and Central Valley steelhead associated with biological 
assessments of the Sacramento, Mokleumne, and San Joaquin Rivers. 
Modification 1 to Permit 1288 authorizes unintentional mortality of up 
to one juvenile Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, one 
juvenile Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and three juvenile 
and one adult Central Valley steelhead. Modification1 to Permit 1288 
expires November 30, 2004.
    NMFS has determined that take levels authorized in the permits will 
not jeopardize listed salmon and steelhead nor result in the 
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat where 
described.
    NMFS' conditions in the permit will ensure that the take of ESA-
listed anadromous fish will not jeopardize the continued existence of 
the listed species. Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, 
was based on a finding that the permit: (1) was applied for in good 
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species 
which are the subject of the permit; and (3) is consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. This permit 
was issued in accordance with, and is subject to, 50 CFR part 222, the 
NMFS regulations governing listed species permits.

    Dated: June 28, 2004.
Phil Williams,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-15182 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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