17178 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 68 / Wednesday, April 9, 1997 / Notices

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (301)

713–3087x126.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419,

Coastal Zone Management Program

Administration)

Dated: April 2, 1997.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–9111 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 032597A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application

for a modification to permit #875

(P774).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the National Marine Fisheries Service,

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

(NEFSC) (P774) has applied in due form

for a modification of scientific research

permit #875.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before May 9,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The application 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); and

Director, Northeast Region, NMFS,

One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298 (508–281–9250).

Written comments, or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be submitted to the Chief,

Endangered Species Division, Office of

Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Marine Fisheries Service,

NEFSC (P774) requests a modification to

permit #875 under the authority of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–227).

Currently, the applicant is authorized

to take listed loggerhead (Caretta

caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys

coriacea), Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys

kempi), hawksbill (Eretmochelys

imbricata), and green (Chelonia mydas)

sea turtles which have been incidentally

taken in commercial fishing operations

within U.S. waters of the Atlantic Ocean

and Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of

scientific research. The applicant has

requested an increase in take of

leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)

turtles from 20 to 85 turtles per year.

Additionally, the applicant has

requested authorization to obtain blood

samples from turtles incidentally

captured in the pelagic drift gillnet

swordfish fishery for purposes of health

assessment and genetics research. 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: April 3, 1997

Robert C. Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–9017 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040297E]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for

modification 2 to scientific research

permit 994 (P497D).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife

Research Unit at Moscow, ID (ICFWRU)

has applied in due form for a

modification to a permit that authorizes

a take of endangered and threatened

species for the purpose of scientific

research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before May 9,

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

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 in Portland, OR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ICFWRU

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).

Permit 994 currently authorizes

ICFWRU (P497D) takes of adult,

endangered, Snake River sockeye

salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and

adult, threatened, Snake River spring/

summer and fall chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated

with a study designed to assess the

passage success of migrating adult

salmonids at the four dams and

reservoirs in the lower Columbia River

in the Pacific Northwest, evaluate fish

responses to specific flow and spill

conditions, and evaluate measures to

improve passage. For modification 2,

ICFWRU requests an increase in the take

of adult, threatened, Snake River spring/

summer chinook salmon and adult,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon associated with a study

designed to determine if adult salmon

successfully return to natal streams or

hatcheries and if homing is affected by

mode of seaward migration (in-river

versus transport). ESA-listed adult

salmon are proposed to be captured at

Lower Granite Dam in WA,

anesthetized, fitted with radio

transmitters and identifier tags, allowed

to recover from the anesthetic, and

released. Once returned to the river,

ESA-listed adult fish will be tracked

electronically to hatcheries and

spawning grounds. Modification 2 is

requested to be valid in 1997 only.

Permit 994 expires on December 31,

2000.

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.