[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43129-43130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14720]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071405A]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permits and permit 
modifications and permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Between November 5, 2004, and June 15, 2005, NMFS' Northwest 
Region issued 23 permits and permit modifications (and one permit 
amendment) allowing endangered and threatened species of Pacific salmon 
and steelhead to be taken for scientific research purposes under the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended. The research actions 
and the species they affect are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

ADDRESSES: The permits, permit applications, and related documents are 
available for review during business hours by appointment at NMFS' 
Protected Resources Division, F/NWO3, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 
Portland, OR 97232-1274 (ph: 503-230-5400, fax: 503-230-5441).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (phone: 
503-231-2005, fax: 503-230-5441, e-mail: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    The ESA requires that permits, modifications, and amendments be 
issued based on findings that such actions: (1) are applied for in good 
faith; (2) would not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species 
that are the subject of the actions; 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, modifications, and amendments 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).

Species Covered in This Notice

    The ESA-listed species/evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) 
covered by this notice are identified below and listed in the 
subsequent table by the numbers that precede each of them in the 
following text:
    (1) Threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha)
    (2) Threatened Lower Columbia River (LCR) Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha)
    (3) Threatened Snake River (SR) spring/summer Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha)
    (4) Threatened SR fall Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha)
    (5) Endangered Upper Columbia River (UCR) spring-run Chinook salmon 
(O. tshawytscha)
    (6) Threatened Upper Willamette River (UWR) Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha)
    (7) Threatened Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon (O. keta)
    (8) Threatened Columbia River chum salmon (O. keta)
    (9) Threatened LCR steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (10) Threatened Middle Columbia River steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (11) Threatened SR steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (12) Threatened UWR steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (13) Endangered UCR steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (14) Threatened Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts coho 
salmon (O. kisutch)
    (15) Candidate Oregon Coast coho salmon (O. kisutch)
    (16) Endangered SR sockeye salmon (O. nerka)
    (17) Threatened Ozette lake sockeye salmon (O. nerka)

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                               Table 1. Twenty-four Scientific Research Permit Actions Affecting Listed Pacific Salmonids
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                                                                                                                          FEDERAL REGISTER Notice of
                  Permit Number                        Affected Species/ESUs                  Permittee                       Application Receipt
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                  1119M2                                                 5, 13       U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service         April 28, 2005 (70 FR 22001)
                                                                                                              (FWS)
                  1135Am1                                                    9        U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)         April 12, 2002 (67 FR 17970)
                  1322M3                           2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,  Northwest Fisheries Science Center       February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7719)
                                                                        12, 13                              (NWFSC)
                  1338M1                                               2, 8, 9                                  FWS         April 28, 2005 (70 FR 22001)
                  1403M1                                             3, 10, 11                                NWFSC          July 26, 2004 (69 FR 44511)
                  1410M2                           2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,                               NWFSC         March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14657)
                                                        12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
                  1479M1                                               2, 8, 9                                 USGS         March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14657)
                  1487                                                 2, 8, 9                                  FWS          July 26, 2004 (69 FR 44511)
                  1496                                                       9           U.S. Forest Service (USFS)          July 26, 2004 (69 FR 44511)
                  1498                                                       1                   Port of Bellingham      September 7, 2004 (69 FR 54131)
                  1499                                                       1            Battelle Marine Sciences LaboratOctober 14, 2004 (69 FR 60986)
                  1500                                            3, 4, 11, 16                  University of Idaho          July 26, 2004 (69 FR 44511)
                  1502                                                   5, 13                                 USFS      September 7, 2004 (69 FR 54131)
                  1504                                                    1, 7          Pacific Shellfish Institute      September 7, 2004 (69 FR 54131)
                  1511                                                      14        Oregon Department of Fish and      November 18, 2004 (69 FR 67541)
                                                                                                    Wildlife (ODFW)
                  1513                                                       1                     Washington Trout       February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7719)
                  1515                                                       6                Water Work Consulting         January 3, 2005 (70 FR 2395)
                  1519                             2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,        Columbia River Estuary Study       February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7719)
                                                                    12, 13, 16                            Taskforce
                  1521                                                       1         Wyllie-Echeverria Associates       February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7719)
                  1523                                                   6, 12   National Council for Air and Stream        March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14657)
                                                                                                       Improvements
                  1524                                                       1                                NWFSC         March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14657)
                  1525                             2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,                               NWFSC         March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14657)
                                                                        12, 13
                  1531                                                      14           Southern Oregon University         April 28, 2005 (70 FR 22001)
                  1532                                                      10      Columbia River Intertribal Fish         April 28, 2005 (70 FR 22001)
                                                                                                         Commission
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    It should also be noted that permit 1203, noticed on September 7, 
2004 (69 FR 54131) was withdrawn by the applicant.

    Dated: July 21, 2005.
Donna Wieting,
Deuty Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-14720 Filed 7-25-05; 8:45 am]
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