23884 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 91 / Thursday, May 10, 2001 / Notices

ADDRESSES: Written comments on any of

the new applications or modification

requests should be sent to Protected

Resources Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma

Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA

95404–6528. Comments may also be

sent via fax to (707) 578–3435.

Comments will not be accepted if

submitted via e-mail or the Internet.

The application and related

documents are available for review in

the following office, by appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Permits Coordinator, Protected

Resources Division, (707–575–6053).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Issuance of permits and permit

modifications, as required by the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications

are (1) applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).

Those individuals 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). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species and

evolutionarily significant units (ESU’s)

are covered in this notice: Threatened

Central California Coast (CCC) steelhead

trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss),

threatened (CCC) coho salmon

(Oncorhynchus kisutch), threatened,

California Coastal (CC) chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Modification Requests Received

The California Department of Fish

and Game (CDFG) requests a

modification to permit 1067 for takes of

adult and juvenile threatened CCC coho

salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

associated with a proposal to develop a

conservation hatchery program for coho

salmon at the Congressman Don Clausen

Fish Hatchery at Warm Springs Dam in

Sonoma County, CA. The purpose of

this program is to prevent extirpation of

portions of the CCC coho salmon ESU

by restoring lost or declining stocks and

to provide a mechanism to conserve

potential broodstock of CCC coho

salmon. The overall goal of the program

is to restore self-sustaining and selfregulating stocks of coho salmon to the

CCC coho salmon ESU. Presently,

permit 1067 authorizes intentional takes

of adult and juvenile CCC coho salmon

for research projects throughout the CCC

coho salmon ESU. This requested

modification would add additional

intentional takes of adult and juvenile

CCC coho salmon to the CDFG permit

and include authorization to implement

an enhancement program. These

activities may also result in incidental

takes of threatened CCC steelhead (O.

mykiss) and threatened, California

Coastal (CC) chinook salmon, (O.

tshawytscha). This requested

modification to permit 1067 would

authorize intentional take of adult and

juvenile CCC coho salmon and

incidental take of CCC steelhead and CC

chinook salmon. Permit 1067 expires on

June 30, 2002.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Chris Mobley,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Mr. Thomas F. Norris, Science

Applications International Corp., 3990

Old Town Avenue, Suite 105A, San

Diego, California 92110, has been issued

a permit to take gray (Eschrichtius

robustus), minke (Balaenoptera

acutorostrata), and Bryde’s

(Balaenoptera edeni) whales for

purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone

(301)713–2289; fax (301) 713–0376;

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand

Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1,

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone (206)

526–6150; fax (206) 526–6426;

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001;

fax (562) 980–4018; and

Protected Species Coordinator, Pacific

Area Office, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani

Blvd., Rm, 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–

4700; phone (808) 973–2935; fax (808)

973–2941.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tammy Adams or Ruth Johnson,

(301)713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 21, 2000, notice was

published in the Federal Register (65

FR 80420) that a request for a scientific

research permit to take gray

(Eschrichtius robustus), minke

(Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Bryde’s

(Balaenoptera edeni), blue

(Balaenoptera musculus), fin

(Balaenoptera physalus), and humpback

(Megaptera novaengliae) whales had

been submitted by the above-named

individual. The requested permit has

been issued for the three nonendangered species of whale (gray,

minke, and Bryde’s) only, under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

The request for a permit related to the

three endangered species of whale (blue,

fin, and humpback) is deferred pending

receipt of a report of the effects of the

tags on the non-endangered species.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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