[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11416-11417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6194]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030697A]


Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 8 to scientific 
research permit 825 (P513).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Columbia River Inter-Tribal 
Fish Commission in Portland, OR (CRITFC) has applied in due form for 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 this 
application must be received on or before April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:

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    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: CRITFC requests 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).
    CRITFC (P513) requests modification 8 to scientific research permit 
825 for increases in the takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake 
River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and 
juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha) associated with additional sampling locations and a new 
study designed to measure the survival, migration rate, and growth of 
hatchery and wild subyearling fall chinook salmon emigrating from major 
mainstem tributaries of the Snake River above Lower Granite Dam. Also 
for modification 8, CRITFC requests a take of adult, threatened, Snake 
River fall chinook salmon associated with spawning ground surveys. 
Permit 825 currently authorizes CRITFC takes of adult and juvenile, 
threatened, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon; juvenile, 
threatened, Snake River fall chinook salmon; and juvenile, endangered, 
Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) associated with six 
studies: Juvenile chinook salmon surveys, Imnaha River subbasin 
monitoring, spawning ground surveys, scale sampling, cryopreservation 
of chinook salmon gametes, and a gas bubble trauma study. ESA-listed 
adult salmon are proposed to be captured at Bonneville Dam on the Snake 
River, anesthetized, examined and sampled for scales, allowed to 
recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed adult salmon are 
also proposed to be observed during spawning ground surveys and 
carcasses collected. Post-spawned, ESA-listed, adult male salmon are 
also proposed to be collected, anesthetized, sampled for scales and 
gametes, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-
listed juvenile salmon are proposed to be observed by snorkeling; 
captured, handled, and released; or captured, anesthetized, examined or 
sampled for scales or tagged with passive integrated transponders or 
marked with dye, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. 
An increase in juvenile, ESA-listed, Snake River spring/summer chinook 
salmon indirect mortalities is requested. Juvenile, ESA-listed, Snake 
River fall chinook salmon indirect mortalities are also requested. 
Modification 8 would be valid for the duration of the permit. Permit 
825 expires on December 31, 1997. Those individuals requesting a 
hearing on 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 summary are those of the applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: March 6, 1997.
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-6194 Filed 3-11-97; 8:45 am]
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