[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 37089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12755]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121504B]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit for incidental take of threatened species.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on June 9, 2005, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Endangered Species Act, NMFS issued a permit 
(PRT-1488) to the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, Eureka, 
California subject to certain conditions set forth therein. The permit 
was granted only after NMFS determined that it was applied for in good 
faith, that granting the permit will not be to the disadvantage of the 
threatened species, and that it will be consistent with the purposes 
and policy set forth in the Endangered Species Act, as amended.

DATES: Effective June 9, 2005 through June 9, 2055.

ADDRESSES: Additional information on this permit action may be 
requested by contacting NOAA Fisheries, 1655 Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 
95521 (phone: 707-825-5160, fax: 707-825-4840). The applications and 
related documents are available for review in the indicated office, by 
appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John P. Clancy, Arcata, CA (phone: 
707-825-5175, fax: 707-825-4840, e-mail: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 1, 2003, a notice was published in 
the Federal Register (68 FR 148, August 1, 2003), that an application 
had been filed with the National Marine Fisheries Service by the 
Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, Eureka, California, for a permit 
to incidentally take, pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539), as amended, Southern Oregon/
Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), 
California Coastal Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and 
Northern California steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on the Mad River 
pursuant to the terms of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District 
Habitat Conservation Plan for its Mad River Operations.

    Dated: June 21, 2005.
Susan Pultz,
Acting Division Chief, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-12755 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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