[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16789-16790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8939]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040297D]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of four applications for scientific research permits 
(P772#71, P639, P640, P641).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, Tiburon Laboratory, NMFS at Tiburon, CA (SWFSC); Point Reyes 
National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National 
Park Service at San Francisco, CA (PR/GG); the Marin Municipal Water 
District at Corte Madera, CA (MMWD); and the Sonoma County Water Agency 
at Santa Rosa, CA (SCWA) 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 May 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for

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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: SWFSC, PR/GG, MMWD, and SCWA 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).
    SWFSC (P772#71) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and 
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat 
studies throughout the Evolutionarily Significant Unit. 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) genetic sampling, and (5) habitat quality 
evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be observed or captured, 
anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and 
released. ESA-listed juvenile salmon indirect mortalities associated 
with the research are also requested.
    PR/GG (P639) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and 
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat 
studies in drainages on, and proximate to, National Park Service lands 
in Marin County. 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) genetic sampling, and 
(5) habitat quality evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be 
observed or captured, anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from 
the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed juvenile salmon indirect 
mortalities associated with the research are also requested.
    MMWD (P640) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and 
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat 
studies in Marin County. 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) genetic 
sampling, and (5) habitat quality evaluation. ESA-listed fish are 
proposed to be observed or captured, anesthetized, handled, allowed to 
recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed juvenile salmon 
indirect mortalities associated with the research are also requested.
    SCWA (P641) requests a 5-year permit for takes of adult and 
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fish population and habitat 
studies in Sonoma County. The studies consist of four assessment tasks 
for which ESA-listed fish are proposed to be taken: (1) Population 
estimates, (2) carcass counts, (3) redd surveys, and (4) habitat 
quality evaluation. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be harassed by SCWA 
during field observation activities.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on any of these requests for 
a permit 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 permit application 
summaries are those of the applicants and do not necessarily reflect 
the views of NMFS.

    Dated: April 2, 1997.
Margaret Lorenz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8939 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]
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