34366 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401)–732–9309.

Development of recommendations

concerning proposed management

measures to be included in Amendment

7 of the Sea Scallop FMP for final

Council action at its August 10–11

meeting.

Wednesday, July 29, 9:30 a.m.—

Scallop Committee Meeting

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401)–732–9309.

Development of recommendations

concerning proposed management

measures to be included in Amendment

7 of the Sea Scallop FMP for final

Council action at its August 10–11

meeting.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Paul J. Howard

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to

the meeting dates.

Dated: June 18, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–16788 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061998A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for

modification 6 to incidental take permit

844.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Idaho Department of Fish and Game

at Boise, ID (IDFG) has applied in due

form for a modification to a permit that

would authorize an incidental take of a

threatened anadromous fish species.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before July 24,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review in

the following offices, by appointment:

Protected Resources Division (PRD),

F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite

500, Portland, OR 97232–4169 (503–

230–5400); and

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, PRD, in Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Koch, PRD (503–230–5424).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IDFG

requests a permit modification 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 844 authorizes IDFG an

incidental take of adult and juvenile,

threatened, naturally produced, Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and adult,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with the State of Idaho’s

sport-fishing programs. For modification

6, IDFG requests an additional

incidental take of adult, threatened,

Snake River spring/summer chinook

salmon associated with a limited

salmon sport fishery on the upper South

Fork of the Salmon River. The fishery

will target non-listed, artificially

propagated, summer chinook salmon.

The primary source of take would be the

incidental catch, handling, and release

of ESA-listed adult fish with an

associated catch and release mortality.

The specifics of the fishery, including

season dates, duration, locations, and

mitigative activities are tailored to

provide the appropriate level of

protection for ESA-listed fish in the

watershed. The fishery is proposed to be

terminated when quotas are reached or

before the onset of spawning activities.

The additional take of ESA-listed adult

fish associated with the proposed upper

South Fork Salmon River salmon fishery

is requested in 1998 only. Permit 844

expires on December 31, 1998.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on the application 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: June 19, 1998.

Patricia A. Montanio,

Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–16784 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061898C]

Marine Mammals; File No. 684–1458

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Donald B. Siniff, Ph.D., Department of

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,

University of Minnesota, College of

Biological Sciences, 100 Ecology

Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St.

Paul, MN 55108, has applied in due

form for a permit to take Weddell seals

(Leptonychotes weddellii), crabeater

seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), leopard

seals (Hydrurga leptonyx), Ross seals

(Ommatophoca rossii), southern

elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), and

Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus

gazella) for purposes of scientific

research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before July 24,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(562/980–4001).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, F/PR1,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those

individuals requesting a hearing should