[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47790-47791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24067]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080697B]


Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for scientific research permits (1079, 
1080).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Notice is hereby given that 
Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. (GPWI) in Fort Bragg, CA, and Dr. Jerry J. 
Smith, San Jose State University in San Jose, CA, have applied in due 
form for permits authorizing takes of a threatened species for 
scientific research purposes.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on any of 
these applications must be received on or before October 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, 
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707 575-6066).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Protected Species Division in Santa Rosa, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GPWI and Dr. Jerry J. Smith request permits 
under the authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
    GPWI (1079) requests a five-year permit for takes of juvenile, 
threatened, central California coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) 
associated with fish population studies on GPWI properties in Mendocino 
County Drainages of the Big, Ten-Mile, and Noyo Rivers, Salmon, Pudding 
and Usal Creeks and other small coastal streams between the Navarro 
River and Usal Creek within the Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). 
The studies consist of coho salmon distibution and abundance surveys 
for which ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken. ESA-listed fish 
will be captured, anesthetized, handled (identified and measured), 
allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released.
    Dr. Jerry J. Smith (1080) requests a five-year permit for takes of 
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population studies in 
defined drainages of Marin, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties within 
the Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). The studies consist of five 
assessment tasks for which ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken: 1) 
Presence/absence, 2) population estimates, 3) spawner surveys, 4) 
tissue/scale sampling for genetic studies, and 5) microhabitat 
utilization. ESA-listed adult and juvenile fish will be observed or 
captured, anesthetized, handled (weighed, measured, fin-clipped), 
allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. Indirect 
mortalities are also requested.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on these requests for 
permits should set out the specific reasons why a hearing 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 above application summaries 
are those of the applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of 
NMFS.

    Dated: September 4, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24067 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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