Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 222 / Thursday, November 18, 2004 / Notices 67541

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: November 12, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E4–3204 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 110904G]

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Application for scientific 

research permit 1511.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received a scientific research 

permit application relating to Pacific 

salmon. The proposed research is 

intended to increase knowledge of 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and to help guide 

management and conservation efforts.

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the application must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight-saving time 

on December 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

application should be sent to Protected 

Resources Division, NMFS, F/NWO3, 

525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 500, 

Portland, OR 97232–2737. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230–

5435 or by e-mail to 

resapps.nwr@NOAA.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–

231–2005, Fax: 503–230–5435, e-mail: 

Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available at 

http://www.nwr.noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Species Covered in This Notice

The following listed species 

(evolutionarily significant unit) is 

covered in this notice:

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch): 

threatened Southern Oregon/Northern 

California Coast (SONCC).

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits.

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out 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.

Application Received

Permit 1511

The Oregon Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (ODFW) is requesting a 5–year 

research permit to annually take adult 

and juvenile SONCC coho salmon in 

various streams in Southwest Oregon. 

The purposes of the project are to 

conduct fish presence and absence 

surveys and to rescue or salvage fish 

stranded during instream work projects. 

The work would benefit listed fish in 

two ways. Presence and absence surveys 

conducted before beginning instream 

work projects provide baseline 

information useful for determining 

project effects. Rescue and salvage 

operations increase fish survival in 

project areas. The ODFW intends to use 

electrofishing equipment to capture the 

fish. Most of the fish would be 

immediately released, but some may be 

transported short distances away from 

instream work areas. The ODFW does 

not intend to kill any of the fish being 

captured, but a small percentage may 

die as an unintended result of the 

research.

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will 

evaluate the application, associated 

documents, and comments submitted to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA and Federal regulations. The 

final permit decisions will not be made 

until after the end of the 30–day 

comment period. NMFS will publish 

notice of its final action in the Federal 

Register.

Dated: November 15, 2004.

Phil Williams,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 04–25641 Filed 11–17–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 092104B]

Notice of Availability of Draft Stock 

Assessment Reports

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS reviewed the Alaska, 

Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine 

mammal stock assessment reports 

(SARs) in accordance with the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). After 

a review of SARs and new information 

on the status of marine mammals, 

NMFS determined that marine mammal 

stocks in the Alaska and Atlantic 

regions did not change status or the 

status could not be determined more 

accurately. SARs for marine mammals 

in these two regions were not revised. 

SARs for marine mammals in the Pacific 

region were revised according to new 

information. NMFS also proposes 

changes to the guidelines for preparing 

SARs. NMFS solicits public comments 

on draft 2004 Pacific reports and on 

proposed changes to the guidelines for 

preparing SARs.

DATES: Comments must be received by 

February 16, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments or requests 

for copies of reports to: Chief, Marine 

Mammal Conservation Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

3226, Attn: Stock Assessments. 

Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile (fax) to 301–427–2580 or via 

email to mmsar.2004@noaa.gov. Copies 

of the Pacific Regional SARs may be 

requested from Cathy Campbell, 

Southwest Regional Office, NMFS, 501 

West Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 

90802–4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Eagle, Office of Protected Resources, 

301–713–2322, ext. 105, e-mail 

Tom.Eagle@noaa.gov or Cathy 

Campbell, 562–280–4060, e-mail 

Cathy.E.Campbell@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

All draft stock assessment reports and 

the proposed revisions to the guidelines 

for preparing them are available via the 

Internet at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/

protlres/PR2/