27088 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 98 / Monday, May 22, 1995 / Notices

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301-713-1401);

and

Environmental and Technical

Services Division, F/NWO3, NMFS, 525

NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232–

4169 (503–230–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Permit

956, modification 1 to permit 911,

modification 1 to permit 946, and the

amendment of permit 914 were issued

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).

Notice was published on March 20,

1995 (60 FR 14735) that an application

had been filed by NBS (P45S) for a

permit to take listed species. NBS

requested authorization to take juvenile,

listed, artificially-propagated, Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as part of

a study designed to provide managers

with data on the distribution,

abundance, movement, and habitat use

of the anadromous fish that migrate

through Lower Granite Reservoir. The

study will provide detailed information

on the response of migrating smolts to

environmental changes that attend

proposed reservoir drawdown and other

river regulation scenarios. Project

objectives and sampling plans will

accomodate listed species recovery

needs and constraints. Permit 956 was

issued to NBS on May 8, 1995. The

duration of the permit is 4 years and it

expires on September 30, 1999.

Notice was published on January 30,

1995 (60 FR 5624) that an application

had been filed by OSU (P560) for

modification 1 to permit 911. Permit

911 authorizes a take of juvenile, listed,

Snake River spring/summer chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with a study that is

investigating the potential effects of

climate change on thermal complexity

and biotic integrity of streams, with

emphasis on the seasonal intrusion of

non-native coolwater and warmwater

fish species into the historic habitats of

native salmonids. The research will

document seasonal thermal habitat

utilization of indigenous and non-native

fishes, interactions between and within

species, and model the effects of climate

change on groundwater-influenced

thermal habitats. OSU requested an

increase in the 1995 take authorized in

permit 911 because they encountered

larger juvenile fish densities in 1994

than were expected. Modification 1 to

permit 911 was issued on May 10, 1995.

Modification 1 is valid for the duration

of the permit, which expires on

September 30, 1995.

On May 12, 1995, modification 1 to

permit 946 was issued to CZESD

(P770#68). Permit 946 authorizes a take

of adult and juvenile Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), juvenile

Snake River fall chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and

juvenile Snake River sockeye salmon

(Oncorhynchus nerka) associated with

six studies. The studies are investigating

the migration timing and relative

survival of transported and inriver

juvenile chinook salmon migrating

down the Columbia and Snake Rivers to

the ocean and the effectiveness of fish

guidance devices and other bypass

system components being considered

for installation at four Snake and

Columbia River hydroelectric dams for

the purpose of improving anadromous

fish passage past these dams during

juvenile outmigration.

CZESD requested an increase in the

take of juvenile, listed, naturallyproduced, spring/summer chinook

salmon for 1995 only. CZESD requested

the modification because the number of

wild fish in the 1995 juvenile

outmigration appears to be higher than

expected. This could be due to a greater

overwinter survival of parr. However, it

is apparent that a high percentage of

hatchery fish (possibly 20 percent or

more) are indistinquishable from, and

are being recorded as, wild fish during

the research due to poor or missing fin

clips. Modification 1 to Permit 946 is

valid for 1995 only. Permit 946 expires

on December 31, 1999.

On May 11, 1995, an amendment to

permit 914 was issued to CZESD

(P770#67). Permit 914 authorizes a take

of juvenile, listed, naturally-produced

and artificially-propagated Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and

juvenile, listed, Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with a study investigating the

incidence of gas bubble disease in

selected aquatic biota of the Columbia

River Basin during episodes of high

spill volumes at Ice Harbor Dam on the

Snake River and Bonneville Dam on the

Columbia River in the Pacific

Northwest.

NMFS issued an amendment to

Permit 914 to allow the Columbia River

Inter-tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)

to act as an agent of CZESD in

performing the research activities for

which a take of listed species is

authorized by the permit. In addition,

the amendment allows the collection of

listed fish at Lower Monumental

Reservoir on the Snake River in

Washington. The amendment will be

valid until a separate ESA section 10

permit is issued to CRITFC, which is

expected to occur in June 1995. Permit

914 expires on December 31, 1998.

Issuance of these permit actions, as

required by the ESA, was 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 that are the subject of the

permits, and (3) are consistent with the

purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA and the NMFS

regulations governing listed species

permits.

Dated: May 16,1995.

Russell J. Bellmer,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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