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This action is categorically excluded

from the requirement to prepare an

environmental assessment by NOAA

Administrative Order 216–6.

This notice does not contain policies

with federalism implications sufficient

to warrant preparation of a federalism

assessment under Executive Order

12612.

This notice contains a collection of

information requirement subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act. The

collection of this information has been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget, OMB Control Number

0648–0121.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.420 Coastal Zone Management

Estuarine Research Reserves)

Dated: April 27, 1995.

W. Stanley Wilson,

Assistant Administrator, Ocean Services and

Coastal Zone Management.

Appendix I. NERRS On-Site Staff

Alabama

Mr. L.G. Adams, Acting Manager, Weeks Bay

National Estuarine Research Service,

10936–B, U.S. Highway 98, Fairhope, AL

36532, (334) 928–9792

California

Mr. Steve Kimple, Manager, Dr. Andrew

DeVogelaere, Research Coordinator,

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine

Research Reserve, 1700 Elkhorn Road,

Watsonville, CA 95076, (408) 728–2822

Ms. Joanne Kerbavaz, Manager, Tijuana River

National Estuarine Research Reserve, 301

Caspian Way, Imperial Beach, CA 92032,

(619) 575–3613

Delaware

Ms. Sarah Cooksey, Manager, Dr. Bill

Meredith, Research Coordinator, Delaware

NERR, Department of Natural Resources

and Environmental Control, Division of

Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 1401,

Dover, DE 19903, (302) 739–3451

(Cooksey), (302) 739–3493 (Meredith)

Florida

Mr. Woodard Miley II, Manager, Mr. Lee

Edmiston, Research Coordinator,

Apalachicola River National Estuarine

Research Reserve, 261 7th Street,

Apalachicola, FL 32320, (904) 653–8063

Mr. Gary Lytton, Manager, Mr. Todd

Hopkins, Research Coordinator, Rookery

Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,

10 Shell Island Road, Naples, FL 33942,

(813) 775–8845

Georgia

Mr. Buddy Sullivan, Manager, Dr. Stuart

Stevens, Research Coordinator, Sapelo

Island National Estuarine Research

Reserve, Department of National

Resources, P.O. Box 15, Sapelo Island, GA

31327, (912) 485–2251 (Sullivan), (912)

264–7218 (Stevens)

Hawaii

Mr. William Stormont, Manager, Waimanu

Valley National Estuarine Research

Reserve, Department of Land and Natural

Resources, Division of Forestry and

Wildlife, 1151 Punchbowl Street,

Honolulu, HI 96813, (808) 587–0051

Note: The State of Hawaii has requested

that Waimanu Valley NERR be formally

removed from the NERRS. This may affect

future research resources and opportunities

at this site.

Maine

Mr. James List, Manager, Dr. Michele Dionne,

Research Coordinator, Wells National

Estuarine Research Reserve, RR #2, Box

806, Wells, ME 04090, (207) 646–1555

Maryland

Ms. Mary Ellen Dore, Manager, Mr. David

Nemazie, Research Coordinator,

Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve in Maryland, Dept. of

Natural Resources, Tawes State Office

Building, B–3, 580 Taylor Avenue,

Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 974–3382

(Dore), (410) 228–9250 (Nemazie)

Massachusetts

Ms. Christine Gault, Manager, Dr. Richard

Crawford, Research Coordinator, Waquoit

Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,

Dept. of Environmental Management, P.O.

Box 3092, Waquoit, MA 02536, (508) 457–

0495

New Hampshire

Mr. Peter Wellenberger, Manager, Great Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserve, New

Hampshire Fish and Game Department, 37

Concord Road, Durham, NH 03824, (603)

868–1095

New York

Ms. Elizabeth Blair, Manager, Mr. Chuck

Nieder, Research Coordinator, Hudson

River National Estuarine Research Reserve,

New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation, c/o Bard

College Field Station, Annandale-onHudson, NY 12504, (914) 758–5193

North Carolina

Dr. John Taggart, Manager, Dr. Steve Ross,

Research Coordinator, North Carolina

National Estuarine Research Reserve,

University of North Carolina at

Wilmington, 7205 Wrightsville Avenue,

Wilmington, NC 28403, (910) 256–3721

(Taggart), (910) 395–3905 (Ross)

Ohio

Mr. Eugene Wright, Manager, Dr. David

Klarer, Research Coordinator, Old Woman

Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve,

2514 Cleveland Road, East, Huron, OH

44839, (419) 433–4601

Oregon

Mr. Michael Graybill, Manager, Dr. Steve

Rumrill, Research Coordinator, South

Slough National Estuarine Research

Reserve, P.O. Box 5417, Charleston, OR

97420, (503) 888–5558

Puerto Rico

Ms. Carmen Gonzalez, Manager, Jobos Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserve, Dept.

of Natural Resources, Call Box B, Aguirre,

PR 00704, (809) 853–4617

Rhode Island

Mr. Al Beck, Manager, Narragansett Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserve, Dept.

of Environmental Management, Box 151,

Prudence Island, RI 02872, (401) 683–5061

South Carolina

Mr. Michael D. McKenzie, Manager, Dr.

Elizabeth Wenner, Research Coordinator,

Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin,

South Carolina Wildlife and Marine

Resources Department, P.O. Box 12559,

Charleston, SC 29412, (803) 762–5052

(McKenzie), (803) 736–5050 (Wenner)

Dr. Dennis Allen, Manager, Dr. Joe

Schubauer-Berigan, Research Coordinator,

North Inlet-Winyah Bay, Baruch Marine

Field Laboratory, P.O. Box 1630,

Georgetown, SC 29442, (803) 546–3623

Virginia

Dr. Maurice P. Lynch, Manager, Dr. Jeffrey

Shields, Research Coordinator, Chesapeake

Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in

Virginia, Virginia Institute of Marine

Science, College of William and Mary, P.O.

Box 1347, Gloucester Point, VA 23062,

(804) 642–7135

Washington

Mr. Terry Stevens, Manager, Dr. Douglas

Bulthuis, Research Coordinator, Padilla

Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,

1043 Bayview-Edison Road, Mt. Vernon,

WA 98273, (360) 428–1558

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Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit 956 (P45S),

modification 1 to permit 911 (P560),

modification 1 to permit 946 (P770#68),

and an amendment to permit 914

(P770#67).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued a permit,

modifications to permits, and an

amendment to a permit authorizing

takes of listed species for the purpose of

scientific research, subject to certain

conditions set forth therein, to the

Northwest Biological Science Center of

the National Biological Service (NBS),

Oregon State University (OSU), and the

Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies

Division (CZESD) of the Northwest

Fisheries Science Center, NMFS.

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/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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