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damaged habitat, enhancement of stocks

that declined due to hypoxia or habitat

loss, or fishing capacity reduction

projects to alleviate the excess capacity

targeting the depleted stocks and to

mitigate the financial harm suffered by

fishermen who targeted these stocks.

Determinations and Administration

All state grant proposals will be

reviewed by the Department of

Commerce, NOAA, and NMFS. Final

project selections will be made by

NMFS ensuring that there is no

duplication with other projects funded

by NOAA or other Federal

organizations. If a proposal is accepted,

NOAA will enter into a financial

assistance agreement with the

submitting state.

NMFS may require states to submit

semiannual project status reports on the

use of funds and progress of the project

to NMFS within 30 days after the end

of each 6-month period. These reports

would be submitted to the individual

specified as the NMFS Program Officer

in the funding agreement. NMFS may

also require states to submit a final

report within 90 days after completion

of each project to the NMFS Program

Officer. The final report would describe

the project and include an evaluation of

the work performed and the results and

benefits in sufficient detail to enable

NMFS to assess the success of the

completed project.

NMFS is committed to using available

technology to achieve the timely and

wide distribution of final reports to

those who would benefit from this

information. Therefore, recipients may

be required to submit final reports in

electronic format, in accordance with

the award terms and conditions, for

publication on the NMFS Home Page.

Catalogue of Federal Domestic

Assistance

The Program is listed in the

‘‘Catalogue of Federal Domestic

Assistance’’ under No. 11.452, Unallied

Industry Projects.

Classification

This program has been determined to

be not significant for the purposes of

E.O. 12866. The Assistant General

Counsel for Legislation and Regulation

of the Department of Commerce

certified to the Chief Counsel for

Advocacy of the Small Business

Administration that this notice would

not have a significant economic impact

on a substantial number of small

entities. No comments were received

regarding this certification. As a result,

no regulatory flexibility analysis was

prepared. Because there are less than 10

applicants, the Paperwork Reduction

Act does not apply.

Authority: Public Law 99–659 (16 U.S.C.

4101 et seq.); Public Law 102–396; Public

Law 104–134.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Nancy Foster, Ph.D.,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–5951 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–M

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 030597A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for two

scientific research permits (P45X, P45Y)

and modification 2 to scientific research

permit 956 (P45S).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Columbia River Research Laboratory

of the U.S. Geological Service in Cook,

WA (USGS), formerly the National

Biological Service, has applied in due

form for two permits and a modification

to a permit authorizing takes of

endangered and 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 April 10, 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

Environmental and Technical

Services Division, 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, Environmental and Technical

Services Division, Portland.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USGS

requests two permits and a modification

to 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).

USGS (P45X) requests a five-year

permit for annual takes of adult and

juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall

chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) and adult and juvenile,

threatened, Snake River spring/summer

chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with a study

designed to determine the post-release

attributes and survival of hatchery and

natural fall chinook salmon in the Snake

River. The study consists of eight

assessment tasks for which ESA-listed

fish are proposed to be taken: 1) Life

cycle, 2) redd counts, 3) food and

growth, 4) habitat use, 5) predation, 6)

temperature response, 7) migratory

behavior, and 8) race and residualism.

ESA-listed fish will be observed;

captured, handled, and released;

captured, anesthetized, tagged with

passive integrated transponders or radio

transmitters, allowed to recover from

the anesthetic, and released; or taken

lethally. Indirect mortalities associated

with the research activities are also

requested.

USGS (P45Y) requests a three-year

permit for an annual take of juvenile,

threatened, artificially-propagated,

Snake River spring/summer chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with a study designed to

determine the vertical and horizontal

distribution of juvenile salmonids

exposed to high levels of total dissolved

gas during their seaward migration in

the Snake and Columbia Rivers. The

vertical and horizontal distribution of

juvenile salmonids exposed to high

levels of total dissolved gas must be

further defined to assess the risk of

mortality from gas bubble disease. ESAlisted fish will be acquired from the

Smolt Monitoring Program under the

authority of permit 822 at Lower

Monumental, Ice Harbor, or McNary

Dams; transported as necessary to Ice

Harbor Dam; anesthetized; surgically

implanted with radio transmitters;

allowed to recover from the anesthetic

and the surgical procedure; released at

Ice Harbor Dam; and tracked

electronically between Ice Harbor and

McNary Dams. Indirect mortalities of

ESA-listed fish associated with the

research activities are also requested.

USGS (P45S) requests modification 2

to scientific research permit 956 for

authorization to take juvenile,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with annual research

activities. Permit 956 currently

authorizes USGS an annual take of

juvenile, threatened, naturally-produced

and artificially-propagated, Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated

with a study designed to obtain data on

the distribution, abundance, movement,

and habitat preferences of the
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anadromous fish that migrate through

Lower Granite Reservoir; to evaluate the

operation of a surface bypass collector

in the forebay of Lower Granite Dam;

and to verify species of hydroacoustic

surveys. Juvenile, ESA-listed fall

chinook salmon are proposed to be

acquired from the Smolt Monitoring

Program under the authority of permit

822, collected by purse seine, or

collected from the juvenile bypass

facility at Lower Granite Dam;

transported as necessary to Lower

Granite Dam; anesthetized; surgically

implanted with radio transmitters;

allowed to recover from the anesthetic

and the surgical procedure; released at

Lower Granite Dam; and tracked

electronically. Indirect mortalities of

ESA-listed fish associated with the

research activities are also requested.

Modification 2 would be valid for the

duration of the permit. Permit 956

expires on September 30, 1999.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on either of the two requests for

a permit or the permit modification

request 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: March 5, 1997.

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–5978 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 030497F]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research

permit no. 1031 (P623)

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that D.

Ann Pabst, Ph.D., University of North

Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South

College Road, Wilmington, North

Carolina 28403–3297, is hereby

authorized to take cetaceans for

purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room

13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/

713–2289);

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930–2298

(508/281–9250); and

Regional Administrator, Southeast

Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive

Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–

2432 (813/570–5301).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 25, 1996, notice was

published in the Federal Register (61

FR 59863) that the above-named

applicant had submitted a request for a

scientific research permit to harass

during photo-identification studies,

acoustic recording, and aerial and vessel

surveys, up to 1,200 humpback whales

(Megaptera novaeangliae) annually over

a five year period. In addition, the

following non-target species may be

harassed during the course of the

research: North Atlantic right whales

(Eubalaena glacialis), fin whales

(Balaenoptera physalus), Atlantic

bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops

truncatus), harbor porpoise (Phocoena

phocoena), beaked whales (Mesplodon

sp.), and pelagic dolphins (Stenella sp.).

The requested permit has been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

Part 216), the Endangered Species Act

(ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1531 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking, Importing, and

Exporting of Endangered Fish and

Wildlife (50 CFR part 222). Issuance of

this permit, as required by the ESA, was

based on a finding that such permit: (1)

Was applied for in good faith; (2) will

not operate to the disadvantage of the

endangered species which is the subject

of this permit; and (3) is consistent with

the purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Art Jeffers,

Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation

Division, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–5976 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Pakistan

March 5, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs reducing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–6714. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limits for certain

categories are being reduced for

carryforward applied to 1996 limits.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 61 FR 66263,

published on December 17, 1996). Also

see 61 FR 68245, published on

December 27, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

March 5, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive