[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 24616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11380]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050195D]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of a request for modification 2 to permit 907 (P498A), 
and issuance of permit 953 (P497C) and modification 2 to permit 824 
(P510A).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that David Bennett (P498A) has applied 
in due form for a second modification to permit 907. Notice is also 
given that NMFS has issued Permit 953 to Ted Bjornn of the Idaho 
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (ICFW) and Lowell 
Stuehrenberg of NMFS (P497C), and a second modification to Permit 824 
held by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (P510A).

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the request 
to modify Permit 907 must be received on or before June 8, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The applications, permits, and related documents are 
available for review or by appointment in the following offices:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., 
Room 13307, 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 on the request to 
modify Permit 907 should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species 
Division, Office of Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: David Bennett has requested authority to 
take juvenile listed Snake River sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and 
chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) for the purpose of assessing the 
salmonid use of the Cargill grain elevator site near the confluence of 
the Snake River with the Columbia River.
    On March 20, 1995, notice was published (60 FR 14735) that an 
application had been filed by Ted Bjornn of ICFW and Lowell 
Stuehrenberg of NMFS (P497C) to test the efficiency and locations of 
two Merwin traps in 1995 by capturing 200 adult Snake River spring/
summer chinook salmon, of which 45 would be listed. No mortalities were 
requested. On April 25, 1995, NMFS issued Permit 953 for the above 
research.
    On May 2, 1995, NMFS issued Modification 2 to Permit 824 held by 
the Shoshone-Bannock tribes to allow for increased take of listed Snake 
River spring/summer chinook salmon redds, juveniles, and adults by 
observation via snorkeling and from river banks.
    Permit 953 and Modification 2 to Permit 824 were issued, subject to 
certain conditions set forth therein, to authorize takes of listed 
species for the purposes of scientific research 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 listed fish and wildlife 
permits (50 CFR parts 217-222). As required by the ESA, this permit and 
modification were based on a finding that such actions: (1) Were 
applied for in good faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of 
the listed species which are the subject of these actions; (3) are 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
ESA.

    Dated: May 2, 1995.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-11380 Filed 5-8-95; 8:45 am]
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