[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35258-35259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 060606C]


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, permit modifications, 
and withdraw

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SUMMARY: Permit 1535 was issued on January 10, 2006. Permits 1533 and 
1548 were issued on April 11, 2006. All modifications were issued on 
February 3, 2006. Application 1550 was withdrawn on December 5, 2005. 
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 Lower Columbia River (LCR) steelhead (Oncorhynchus 
mykiss)
    (2) Threatened LCR coho salmon (O. kisutch)
    (3) Threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha)
    (4) Endangered Upper Columbia River (UCR) Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha)
    (5) Threatened UCR steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (6) Threatened Middle Columbia River (MCR) steelhead (O. mykiss)
    (7) Threatened Snake River (SR) spring/summer Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha)
    (8) Threatened SR fall Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha)

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                                Table 1. Twenty-two Scientific Research Permit Actions Affecting Listed Pacific Salmonids
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                                                            Affected
                      Permit Number                         Species/                     Permittee                        FEDERAL REGISTER Notice of
                                                              ESUs                                                           Application Receipt
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                  1252M1                                            2      Washington Department of Transportation       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1290M2                                            2   Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1318M2                                            2       Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1322M4                                            2                                        NWFSC       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1330M1                                          1,2                         Weyerhaeuser Company       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1338M2                                            2       U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1376M2                                            1     Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife          January 6, 2006 (71 FR 916)
                                                                           Research Unit, University of Washington
                  1379M1                                            2   Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1386M1                                            2             Washington Department of Ecology       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1410M3                                            2                                        NWFSC       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1421M1                                            2                                        USFWS       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1427M1                                            2   Oregon Department of Environmental Quality       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1461M1                                            2                U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1478M1                                            2                                         USGS       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1479M2                                            2                                         USGS       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1484M1                                            2   Washington Department of Natural Resources       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1487M1                                            2                                        USFWS       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1519M1                                            2       Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1525M1                                            2                                        NWFSC       October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318)
                  1533                                            7,8   Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife        August 23, 2005 (70 FR 49262)
                  1535                                              3                      R2 Resource Consultants          July 26, 2005 (70 FR 43128)
                  1548                                          4,5,6           Yakima Training Center - U.S. Army        August 23, 2005 (70 FR 49262)
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    It should also be noted that permit application 1550, noticed on 
October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59318) was withdrawn by the applicant.

    Dated: June 13, 2006.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-9495 Filed 6-16-06; 8:45 am]
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