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activities. However, fish captured and 

relocated as part of the fish rescues 

would likely perish due to low flows 

and dissolved oxygen, coupled with 

high water temperatures, if it were not 

for this project. 

The proposed projects could impact 

ESA-listed species by delaying 

migration, resulting in stress, or indirect 

mortality or indirect non-lethal effects 

as a result of stress, physical harm 

during insertion of tags, and/or 

susceptibility to predation upon 

displacement at release. These effects 

will be minimized by frequent (at least 

daily) trap checks and taking all 

possible measures to expedite the 

process of capturing, tagging, and 

releasing adult entrained fish. 

Anesthetization will follow strict 

guidelines and use the least amount of 

sedative necessary. Unintentional 

mortality of juvenile fish can occur 

during rotary screw trapping and will be 

minimized through a reduction in 

sampling effort or through increased 

checking/servicing of rotary-screw traps. 

Authority 

Enhancement permits are issued in 

accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR part 222). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; (3) are consistent with the 

purposes and policies of section 2 of the 

ESA; (4) further a bona fide and 

necessary or desirable scientific purpose 

or enhance the propagation or survival 

of the endangered species, taking into 

account the benefits anticipated to be 

derived on behalf of the endangered 

species; and additional issuance criteria 

as listed at 50 CFR 222.308(c)(5–12). 

The authority to take listed species is 

subject to conditions set forth in the 

permit. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Public Comments Solicited 

NMFS invites the public to comment 

on the section 10(a)(1)(A) enhancement 

permit application during a 30-day 

public comment period beginning on 

the date of this notice. This notice is 

provided pursuant to section 10(c) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1529(c)). All 

comments and materials received, 

including names and addresses, will 

become part of the administrative record 

and may be released to the public. We 

provide this notice in order to allow the 

public, agencies, or other organizations 

to review and comment on these 

documents. 

Next Steps 

NMFS will evaluate the permit 

application, associated documents, and 

comments submitted to determine 

whether the applications meet the 

requirements of section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the ESA and the applicable Federal 

regulations. The final permit decisions 

will not be made until after the end of 

the 30-day public comment period and 

after NMFS has fully considered all 

relevant comments received. NMFS will 

publish notice of its final action in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: August 10, 2021. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB323] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ecosystem Subcommittee of the 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will hold an online meeting to 

review new analyses conducted by the 

NMFS California Current Integrated 

Ecosystem Assessment team that may 

potentially inform future annual reports 

to the Pacific Council on the state of the 

California Current Ecosystem. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Tuesday, August 31, 2021, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). 

The online meeting will reconvene on 

Wednesday, September 1, 2021, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC’s 

Ecosystem Subcommittee will review 

analyses conducted by the NMFS 

California Current Integrated Ecosystem 

Assessment team. Specifically, the SSC 

Ecosystem Subcommittee will review 

the following four items: (1) Threshold 

Relationships Between Environmental 

Drivers and Performance of Salmon 

Preseason Abundance Forecasts, (2) 

Krill-based Indicators, (3) Year Class 

Strength and Distribution of Small 

Groundfish, and (4) Port-level Linkages 

Between Fisheries using Network 

Analysis. The SSC’s Ecosystem 

Subcommittee will consider 

recommending summaries of these 

ecosystem indicators be included in 

future state of the California Current 

Ecosystem reports to the Pacific 

Council. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the SSC’s Ecosystem 

Subcommittee. The SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee members’ role will be 

development of recommendations and a 

report for consideration by the SSC and 

Pacific Council at their March 2022 

meeting in San Jose, CA. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 


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Dated: August 9, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB288] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; Determination on 

Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan 

(HGMP) and availability of the 

associated Finding of No Significant 

Impacts (FONSI). 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has made a determination on a 

joint tribal and state resource 

management plan (RMP) pursuant to 

Limit 6 of the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) section 4(d) and has issued a 

Final Environmental Assessment (EA) 

and FONSI addressing the effects of the 

4(d) determination. The Tulalip Tribes 

and Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (collectively the co-managers) 

have submitted an RMP, in the form of 

a HGMP, to NMFS pursuant to limit 6 

of the ESA 4(d) Rule for a summer 

steelhead hatchery program in the 

Skykomish River basin. The hatchery 

program is intended to contribute to 

fulfilling Federal tribal trust 

responsibilities and treaty rights 

guaranteed through treaties. It is also 

designed to contribute to the survival 

and recovery of Puget Sound steelhead 

and produce summer steelhead for 

sustainable fisheries. Before making its 

final determinations, NMFS solicited 

and took into account public comments 

on a proposed evaluation and pending 

determination (PEPD) document for the 

program. The determinations 

announced in this notice consist of 

NMFS’ findings as to whether the 

HGMP submitted to NMFS addresses 

the criteria. NMFS also announces the 

availability of a Final EA and FONSI 

addressing the effects of the 4(d) 

determination. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emi 

Melton, at phone number: (503) 736– 

4739, or via email: emi.melton@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): 

threatened, naturally produced and 

artificially propagated Puget Sound. 

Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): 

threatened, naturally produced and 

artificially propagated Puget Sound. 

Discussion of the Biological Analysis 

Underlying the Determinations 

The goals of the Skykomish summer 

steelhead program are: (1) To produce 

South Fork Skykomish River summer 

steelhead for sustainable fisheries, (2) to 

contribute to fulfilling Federal tribal 

trust responsibilities and treaty rights 

guaranteed through treaties and 

affirmed in U.S. v. Washington (1974), 

and (3) to contribute to the conservation 

and restoration of the North Fork 

Skykomish River summer steelhead 

population. 

The program would be operated in 

such a way as to minimize potential 

risks to listed natural-origin Chinook 

salmon and steelhead populations, 

including interactions between hatchery 

and natural fish that may lead to 

adverse genetic effects and competition 

and predation effects. The proposed 

hatchery program is consistent with the 

recovery plans for each of the listed 

species, designed to protect and restore 

listed species across their range. The 

program uses adaptive management 

procedures and the best available 

science to minimize adverse genetic 

effects typically associated with 

steelhead hatchery programs. As part of 

the proposed hatchery program, 

monitoring and evaluation would be 

implemented to assess performance in 

meeting population conservation or 

harvest augmentation objectives, and to 

evaluate effects on ESA-listed naturalorigin Chinook salmon and steelhead. 

Information gained through monitoring 

and evaluation will be used to assess 

whether the impacts of the program on 

listed fish are as expected. 

Review of monitoring and evaluation 

results by NMFS and the co-managers 

will occur annually to evaluate whether 

assumptions regarding the hatchery 

program effects and analysis remain 

valid and whether the objectives are 

being accomplished. The HGMP 

includes provisions for annual reports 

that will assess compliance with 

performance standards established 

through the HGMP. Reporting and 

inclusion of new information derived 

from HGMP’s research, monitoring, and 

evaluation activities will allow for 

adjustments of the activities to meet the 

performance standards in future 

seasons. 

Summary of Comments Received 

NMFS published a notice of its PEPD 

on the Skykomish Summer Steelhead 

Program for public review and comment 

on December 22, 2020 (85 FR 83519), as 

required under Limit 6 of the ESA 

section 4(d) Rule. The PEPD was 

available for public review and 

comment for 30 days, and our responses 

to the comments are addressed in our 

Evaluation and Recommended 

Determination. 

NMFS published a notice of 

availability for public review and 

comment on the Draft EA on February 

5, 2021 (86 FR 8342), in accordance 

with National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.). The Draft EA was available for 

public review and comment for 30 days, 

and our responses to the comments are 

addressed in our Final EA. NMFS has 

determined that there are no significant 

impacts associated with the project and 

issued a FONSI for the program on July 

2, 2021. 

Authority 

16 U.S.C. 1531–1543; 50 CFR subpart 

B, § 223.201–202 also issued under 16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 5503(d) 

for 50 CFR 223.206(d)(9). 

Dated: August 10, 2021. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NTIA Internet Use Survey 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on May 25, 

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