68260 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 1997 / Notices

DATES: January 6, 1998, from 8:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science

Center, Building 9, 7600 Sand Point

Way, NE., Seattle, Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

workshop is scheduled by NMFS in

response to requests by the affected

fishing industry for a training workshop

on the groundfish recordkeeping and

reporting system.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33976 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 122397B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for

scientific research permits (1112, 1113)

and for a modification to a scientific

research permit (1025).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science

Center, Tiburon, CA (1112) and that Dr.

Sylvia Galloway, Laboratory Director of

the National Ocean Service - Marine

Forensics Laboratory (1113) have

applied in due form for permits for take

of an endangered species for scientific

research purposes. Notice is also given

that the California Department of Fish

and Game at Sacramento, CA (CDFG)

has applied in due form for a second

modification to a permit (1025)

providing authorization for takes of an

endangered species for scientific

research purposes.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on either of these

applications must be received on or

before January 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

For permits 1025 and 1112: Protected

Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma

Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA

95404–6528 (707–575–6064).

For permit 1113: Director, Southeast

Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive

Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–

2432 (813–893–3141).

All documents may also be reviewed

by appointment in the Office of

Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910–3226 (301–713–1401).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

permits 1025 and 1112: Lisa Holsinger

at Protected Species Division, NMFS,

777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa

Rosa, CA 95404–6528 (707–575–6064).

For permit 1113: Terri Jordan,

Endangered Species Division, Office of

Protected Resources, (301–713–1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS

Southwest Fisheries Science Center

(1112) and Dr. Sylvia Galloway,

Laboratory Director of the National

Ocean Service - Marine Forensics

Laboratory (1113) request permits, and

CDFG (1025) requests modification 2 to

permit 1025, 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).

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science

Center (1112) requests a scientific

research permit for a take of juvenile,

endangered, Sacramento River winterrun chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with a study

designed to determine the interannual

variability of growth, development,

health, and ecology of juvenile

salmonids within the San Francisco

Estuary and the Gulf of the Farallones.

Parameters to be estimated include

residence times and migration rates of

juvenile salmonids through the estuary

and growth, energy status, pathology,

feeding ecology, and contaminant

accumulation during residence in the

estuary and Gulf. A small number of

juvenile, ESA-listed, naturallyproduced, winter-run chinook salmon

are proposed to be collected (with

midwater trawl, surface trawl, highspeed rope trawl, purse seine, beach

seine, and hook-and-line). The permit is

requested for 1998 through 2003.

Dr. Sylvia Galloway, Laboratory

Director of the National Ocean Service

- Marine Forensics Laboratory (1113)

requests authorization to possess and

conduct research on listed, non-marine

mammal, non-reptilian species using

tissue samples (fin clips, barbels, blood,

muscle, skin) to provide technical

support that is responsive to NOAA

goals involving protected and

endangered species, via law

enforcement. The applicant requests the

ability to maintain samples of listed

non-marine mammal, non-reptilian

species obtained from permitted

individuals and by Federal, state, or

local law enforcement agents for

archival purposes.

Permit 1025 authorizes CDFG annual

takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,

naturally-produced Sacramento River

winter-run chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated

with scientific research. For

modification 2, CDFG requests an

increase in the take of juvenile, ESAlisted fish associated with Study 1 of

their permit. CDFG greatly

underestimated the take associated with

this study for the 1997 brood year and

hence, exceeded their take authorization

for this study. Study 1 evaluates the

timing and relative abundance of

juvenile anadromous salmonids

emigrating to the Sacramento-San

Joaquin Delta. An increase in indirect

mortalities of juvenile, ESA-listed fish

associated with study 1 is also

requested. Modification 2 to permit

1025 is requested for the 1997–1998

emigration season only. Permit 1025

expires on June 30, 2001.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on any of these

applications 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 these application

summaries are those of the applicants

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

Joseph Blum,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–34076 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA)

Advisory Committee on Publis Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters; Notice of Open Meeting

December 31, 1997.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters, created

pursuant to Executive Order 13038.

SUMMARY: The President established the

Advisory Committee on Public Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters (PIAC) to advise the Vice

President on the public interest