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golden crab, mackerel, and wreckfish

fisheries when fish were caught; 20

minutes per day for logbooks from

vessels fishing in Columbia waters; 2

minutes for negative logbook reports in

all fisheries listed above; 12 minutes per

day for logbooks from headboats; 15

minutes per day for logbooks for live

rock; and 2 minutes for notifications

prior to harvest of live rock.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 13,100.

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: June 8, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of Chief

Information Officer.

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[I.D. 041000B] [A]

Notice of Decision and Availability of

Decision Documents on the Issuance

of a Permit for Incidental Takes of

Threatened and Endangered Species

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of decision and

availability of decision documents on

the issuance of a permit (1233) for

incidental takes of endangered and

threatened species.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that a decision on the application for an

incidental take permit by the State of

Idaho Department of Fish and Game

(IDFG), pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B)

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(ESA), has been made and that the

decision documents are available upon

request.

DATES: Permit 1233 was issued on May

26, 2000, subject to certain conditions

set forth therein, and expires on

December 31, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

decision documents or any of the other

associated documents should be

directed to the Hatcheries and Inland

Fisheries Branch, Sustainable Fisheries

Division, F/NWO3, NMFS, 525 NE

Oregon Street, Suite 510, Portland, OR

97232–2737 (503–230–5407).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Herbert Pollard, Portland, OR, at phone

number: (208) 378–5614, fax: (208) 378–

5699, or e-mail:

Herbert.Pollard@noaa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following species and evolutionary

significant units (ESU’s) are covered in

the permit: Chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha):

threatened Snake River (SnR) spring/

summer, threatened SnR fall.

Sockeye salmon (O. nerka):

endangered SnR.

Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened

SnR.

Decision

Notice was published on April

19, 2000 (65 FR 20951) that IDFG

applied for a section 10(a)(1)(B) permit

for annual incidental takes of ESA-listed

anadromous fish associated with

otherwise lawful recreational fisheries

on non-listed species in the Snake,

Salmon, and Clearwater River Basins

and the Stanley Basin lakes in the State

of Idaho in the Pacific Northwest. IDFG

submitted a Conservation Plan with its

permit application that describes

measures designed to monitor,

minimize, and mitigate the incidental

taking of ESA-listed anadromous

salmonids associated with the sportfisheries, some or all of which are

expected to occur annually for the

duration of the permit.

NMFS’ decision is to adopt the

preferred alternative in the Conservation

Plan together with the preferred

alternative in the Environmental

Assessment that was completed for this

permit action and issue a permit with

conditions authorizing incidental takes

of the ESA-listed anadromous fish

species. This decision is based on a

thorough review of the alternatives and

their environmental consequences.

NMFS’ conditions will ensure that the

incidental takes of ESA-listed

anadromous fish will not appreciably

reduce the likelihood of the survival

and recovery of the species in the wild.

By adopting the preferred alternative in

the Conservation Plan, with the

Conservation Plan’s stated assurances

that IDFG’s mitigation program will be

implemented, all practicable means to

avoid or minimize harm have been

adopted.

IDFG requested an annual incidental

take of threatened SnR steelhead.

Protective regulations are currently

proposed for SnR steelhead (64 FR

73479, December 30, 1999). NMFS did

not act on that part of IDFG’s permit

application. In the future, when NMFS

promulgates final rules under section

4(d) of the ESA that will provide take

prohibitions for threatened SnR

steelhead, NMFS may amend the permit

to include the authorization for an

incidental take of this species as IDFG

requested in its application. Issuance of

the permit does not presuppose the

contents of the eventual protective

regulations.

Rationale for Decision

The decision to issue the permit was

made because the Conservation Plan

proposed by IDFG meets the statutory

criteria for issuance of an incidental

take permit under section 10 of the ESA.

In issuing the permit, NMFS determined

that IDFG’s Conservation Plan provides

adequate mitigation measures to avoid,

minimize, and/or compensate for the

anticipated takes of ESA-listed

anadromous fish.

The permit was granted only after

NMFS determined that the permit was

applied for in good faith, that all permit

issuance criteria were met, including

the requirement that granting the permit

would not jeopardize the continued

existence of the species, and that the

permit is consistent with the purposes

and policies set forth in the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended.

Dated: June 9, 2000.

Wanda L. Cain,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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