55394 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 206 / Friday, October 24, 1997 / Notices

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Hilda Diaz-Soltero,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 100797C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1095).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at

Denver, CO (USBR) has applied in due

form for a permit that would authorize

a take of a threatened species for

scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before November

24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The application 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 Resources Division, F/

NWO3, NMFS, 525 NE Oregon Street,

Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232–4169

(503–230–5400).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, Protected Resources Division,

Portland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Koch, Protected Resources

Division, (503–230–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USBR

requests a permit 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).

USBR (1095) requests a 1-year permit

for a take of juvenile, threatened,

Southern Oregon/Northern California

coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus

kisutch) associated with research

designed to collect data on seasonal fish

distribution and abundance, particularly

during spring and late summer, in Bear

Creek and its principal tributaries, Little

Butte Creek and its tributaries, and Big

Butte Creek in southwest Oregon. The

information is needed to support

management decisions associated with a

water conservation feasibility study in

the Rogue River Basin, authorized by

the U.S. Congress and the Oregon Water

Resources Congress. The purpose of the

feasibility study is to support a proposal

to implement habitat enhancement

activities designed in part to increase

instream flows, improve the reliability

and efficiency of existing water

supplies, improve water quality and

environmental values, and conserve

water. Data to analyze the potential

impacts of proposed activities on

salmonid distribution and abundance

are inadequate, as are the fisheries data

needed to develop and compare

alternatives. ESA-listed juvenile fish are

proposed to be captured by

electrofishing, handled (identified,

measured, weighed, and scanned for

injuries or diseases), allowed to recover,

and released. An indirect mortality of

ESA-listed juvenile fish associated with

the research is also requested.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set out

the specific reasons why a hearing on

this application would be appropriate.

The holding of such hearing is at the

discretion of the Assistant

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All

statements and opinions contained in

this application summary are those of

the applicant and do not necessarily

reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 100697D]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of request to modify

scientific research permit 1051.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Jorgen Skjeveland, of the Maryland

Fisheries Resource Office of the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service has applied in

due form for a modification to Permit

1051 to take listed species for the

purpose of scientific research, subject to

certain conditions set forth in the

permit.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this request must be

received on or before November 24,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The application, permit,

and related documents are available for

review by appointment in the following

offices:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., Room

13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910–3226

(301–713–1401); or

Director, Northeast Region, NMFS,

NOAA, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298 (508–281–

9250).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Jordan, Endangered Species

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

(301–713–1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

29, 1997, Mr. Jorgen Skjeveland was

issued Permit 1051 take shortnose

sturgeon (Acipensery brevirostrumy) for

scientific research activities, subject to

certain conditions set forth therein, as

authorized under the Endangered

Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. §§ 1531–1543) and the

NMFS regulations governing listed fish

and wildlife permits

(50 CFR parts 217–227).

The applicant has requested

authorization to increase the take of

shortnose sturgeon in Chesapeake Bay

from 25 to 30; as well as adding the

Delaware River and Bay system to his

permit and to take 30 fish in the same

manner described in Permit 1051. In

addition, the applicant has requested

the permission to determine the genetic

relationship between the Chesapeake

and Delaware Bay sturgeons and

determine if there is migration through

the Chesapeake and Delaware (D and C)

Canal.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on this particular

application would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in this application summary

are those of the applicant and do not

necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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