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from manufacturers that protects data 

confidentiality, subject to 

manufacturer’s review and approval. 

II. Method of Collection 

Data on materials use, energy 

consumption, waste, and environmental 

releases will be collected using an 

electronic, MS Excel-based 

questionnaire. An electronic, MS Wordbased User Manual accompanies the 

questionnaire to help in its completion. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0036. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Estimated Time per Response: 62 

hours and 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,875. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA081 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Receipt of applications for 

scientific research permits; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received applications for 

scientific research from Thomas R. 

Payne and Associates (TRPA) in Arcata, 

CA (15542), the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation 

District (GCID) in Willows, CA (15573), 

the University of California at Davis 

(UC–Davis) in Davis, CA (15926), and 

Natural Resource Scientists, 

Incorporated (NRSI) in Red Bluff, CA 

(16083). These permits would affect the 

Federally endangered Sacramento River 

winter-run Chinook salmon and the 

threatened Central Valley spring-run 

Chinook salmon Evolutionarily 

Significant Units (ESUs), the Federally 

threatened Central Valley steelhead 

Distinct Population Segment (DPS), and 

the Federally threatened southern DPS 

of North American green sturgeon 

(southern DPS green sturgeon). This 

document serves to notify the public of 

the availability of the permit 

applications for review and comment. 

DATES: Written comments on the permit 

applications must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on 

January 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted by email must be sent to the following 

address; FRNpermitsSAC@noaa.gov. 

The applications and related documents 

are available for review by appointment, 

for permits: Protected Resources 

Division, NMFS, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 

5–100, Sacramento, CA 95814 (ph: 916– 

930–3606, fax: 916–930–3629). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley Witalis at phone number 916– 

930–3606 or e-mail: 

Shirley.Witalis@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

Issuance of permits and permit 

modifications, as required by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a 

finding that such permits/modifications: 

(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 and modifications 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). 

Those individuals 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. All statements and opinions 

contained in the permit action 

summaries are those of the applicant 

and do not necessarily reflect the views 

of NMFS. 

Species Covered in This Notice 

This notice is relevant to Federallylisted endangered Sacramento River 

winter-run Chinook salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) ESU, 

threatened Central Valley spring-run 

Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) ESU, 

threatened Central Valley steelhead (O. 

mykiss) DPS, and threatened southern 

DPS of North American green sturgeon 

(Acipenser medirostris). 

Applications Received 

TRPA requests a 10-year permit 

(15542) for take of juvenile and adult 

Central Valley steelhead while 

conducting fish monitoring surveys in 

lower Putah Creek, a tributary in the 

Sacramento River basin, California. The 

surveys are conducted under the 

auspices of the Lower Putah Creek 

Coordinating Committee (LPCCC) to 

monitor the annual fluctuations in the 

abundance, distribution, condition, and 

health of fishes in lower Putah Creek, 

and determine if flow management 

actions by the LPCCC are attaining 

desired goals. TRPA anticipates an 

annual non-lethal take of 200 juvenile 

(with an estimated total of 2 percent 

non-intentional mortality) and 2 adult 

steelhead. TRPA proposes to capture 

fish by boat electrofisher and dipnet; 

sample fish for species identification, 

tags, marks and finclips, lengths and 

weights; and release fish back into 

Putah Creek. 

GCID requests a 5-year permit (15573) 

for monitoring activities associated with 

juvenile Sacramento River winter-run 

and Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon, and Central Valley steelhead 

emigration on the Sacramento River at 

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(river mile 206). Rotary screw-trap (RST) 

operations have been on-going at the 

GCID fish screen by the State of 

California from 1991 through 2009. 

GCID proposes continuous monitoring 

operations by RST, and the capture, 

identification and enumeration of fish to 

species. A subsample of 30 captured 

salmon will be anesthetized, measured, 

revived and released downstream from 

the trapping location. GCID anticipates 

an annual non-lethal take of up to 4,000 

natural and 500 hatchery juvenile 

winter-run Chinook salmon (with an 

estimated 1 percent non-intentional 

mortality), 1,000 natural and 500 

hatchery juvenile spring-run Chinook 

salmon (with an estimated 1 percent 

non-intentional mortality), 500 natural 

and 500 hatchery juvenile steelhead 

(with an estimated 1 percent nonintentional mortality), and 50 natural 

juvenile southern DPS green sturgeon 

(including an estimated .02 percent nonintentional mortality). 

The University of California at Davis 

(UCD) requests a five-year permit 

(15926) for the possession and 

genotyping (single nucleotide 

polymorphism (SNP) analyses) of 

Sacramento River winter-run and 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon and Central Valley steelhead 

tissues currently maintained in the 

California Department of Fish and Game 

Salmonid Tissue Archive and those to 

be collected in future non-lethal agency 

and research trapping activities. UCD 

anticipates possession of natural and 

hatchery-origin fish tissues 

representative of salmonid populations 

throughout the Central Valley, 

California. The results of this study will 

contribute to the genetic management 

and hatchery operations regarding 

Chinook salmon and steelhead 

reintroductions to the upper San 

Joaquin River system, with a focus on 

potential natural recolonization and 

effective population size of spring-run 

populations and a broad genetic 

diversity assessment. 

The Natural Resource Scientists, 

Incorporated (NRSI) requests a 2-year 

permit (16083) for take of juvenile 

Sacramento River winter-run Chinook 

salmon, Central Valley spring-run 

Chinook salmon, Central Valley 

steelhead, and southern DPS of green 

sturgeon while conducting site-specific 

research at five irrigation diversion 

outfall sites within the Sacramento 

River and Delta system, California. 

Entrained fish will be collected via fyke 

net, and sampled from March through 

January of each year to encompass the 

primary irrigation season. The research 

is part of an on-going investigation into 

developing criteria for prioritizing fish 

screening projects, and will correlate 

fish entrainment with the physical, 

hydraulic, and habitat variables at each 

diversion site. All fish will be identified 

as to species, enumerated, measured for 

length, and placed back into the canals; 

all entrained fish captured live will be 

returned to the river. Sampling at each 

diversion site will be performed 

continuously from March 1 through 

January 31 during the study period. 

NRSI requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of 

1,227 juvenile winter-run Chinook 

salmon,1,341 juvenile spring-run 

Chinook salmon, 150 juvenile steelhead, 

and 145 juvenile green sturgeon. No 

indirect mortality is anticipated during 

fish capture and sampling activities 

carried out for the study. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Therese Conant, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Science Advisory Board; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the NOAA 

Science Advisory Board. The members 

will discuss and provide advice on 

issues outlined in the agenda below. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for: 

Wednesday, December 22 from 11–12 

p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: Conference call. Public 

access is available at: NOAA, SSMC 3, 

Room 12836, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) was 

established by a Decision Memorandum 

dated September 25, 1997, and is the 

only Federal Advisory Committee with 

responsibility to advise the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 

Atmosphere on strategies for research, 

education, and application of science to 

operations and information services. 

SAB activities and advice provide 

necessary input to ensure that National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Matters To Be Considered: The agenda 

for the meeting is as follows: 

Date and Time: Wednesday, 

December 22, 2010, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

Agenda 

1. Consideration of the Report from 

the External Review of the Cooperative 

Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem 

Research. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer-Chief Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA085 

Endangered Species; File No. 14400 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Channel Islands National Park, 1901 

Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 

[Responsible Party: Daniel Richards] has 

been issued a permit to take black 

abalone for purposes of scientific 

research and enhancement. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910; phone (301) 713–2289; fax 

(301) 713–0376; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980– 

4001; fax (562) 980–4018. 


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