[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70366-70367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20450]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 112006G]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of a permit application; request for 
comments.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has received an 
application for a permit to conduct research for scientific purposes 
from Elise Kelley, researcher at the University of California at Santa 
Barbara, in Santa Barbara County, California. The requested permit 
would affect the Southern California Coast Distinct Population Segment 
of endangered steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The public is hereby 
notified of the availability of the permit application for review and 
comment before NOAA Fisheries either approves or disapproves the 
application.

DATES: Written comments on the permit application must be received at 
the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) on or before 
January 3, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the permit application should be sent to 
Matt McGoogan, Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries, 501 W. 
Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802. Comments may also be 
sent using email ([email protected]) or fax (562.980.4027). The 
permit application is available for review, by appointment only, at the 
foregoing address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt McGoogan at phone number 
(562.980.4026) or e-mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority:

    Issuance of permits, as required by the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531B1543) (ESA), is based on a finding that such 
permits: (1) Are applied for in good faith; (2) would not operate to 
the disadvantage of the listed species which are the subject of the 
permits; 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 are issued in 
accordance with and are subject to the ESA and NOAA Fisheries 
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 
222-226).
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on an application listed in 
this notice should provide the specific reasons why a hearing on that 
application would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a 
hearing is at the discretion of the Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and opinions contained in the permit 
action summaries are those of the applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NOAA Fisheries.

Permit Application Received

    Elise Kelley has applied for a scientific research permit to 
conduct a study with the Southern California Coast Distinct Population 
Segment of endangered steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Santa Ynez 
River and Santa Clara River systems respectively located in Santa 
Barbara and Ventura Counties in southern California. The purpose of 
this study is to assess steelhead smolt residence time in the Santa 
Clara River and Santa Ynez River estuaries, assess steelhead smolt 
survival in the estuaries using acoustic tags, and assess adult 
steelhead return and straying rates in southern California by placing 
Passive Integrated

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Transponder (PIT) tags in steelhead smolts. This study will be 
conducted during 3 years with sufficient flows and number of smolts. 
Due to the patterns of dry and wet years for this region it may take as 
many as 10 years to get the desired 3 years of data. Therefore, the 
duration of coverage requested by this permit covers about a 10-year 
period from January 2006 through July 2015. Elise Kelley has requested 
an annual non-lethal take of up to 575 steelhead. The annual 
unintentional lethal take that may occur during data collection is up 
to 16 steelhead or no more than 3 per cent of the total captured.

    Dated: November 29, 2006.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-20450 Filed 12-1-06; 8:45 am]
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