[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7752-7753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3214]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020295A]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of two applications for scientific research 
permits (P45Q and P770#69) and receipt of an application for 
modification 1 to scientific research permit 914 (P770#67).

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    Notice is hereby given that the National Biological Survey in 
Corvallis, OR (NBS) and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS in 
Seattle, WA (NWFSC) have applied in due form for scientific research 
permits (P45Q and P770#69) and that the Northwest Fisheries Science 
Center, NMFS in Seattle, WA (NWFSC) has applied in due form for 
Modification 1 to scientific research Permit 914 (P770#67) to take 
listed species as authorized by 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 217-227).
    NBS requests authorization for a lethal take of juvenile, 
endangered, naturally produced Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as part of a study designed to compare the 
physiological responses of wild chinook smolts with hatchery-produced 
chinook smolts when subjected to the bypass and collection facility at 
Lower Granite Dam on the Lower Snake River in Washington. A comparison 
of the physiological responses of wild and hatchery-produced chinook 
smolts may indicate what aspects of bypass and collection for downriver 
transportation past hydropower projects are most stressful to wild 
listed fish. The requested duration of the permit is April 15 to June 
30, 1995.
    NWFSC requests a permit to conduct research with a take of the 
following endangered species: Juvenile Snake River sockeye salmon 
(Oncorhynchus nerka), juvenile, naturally produced and artificially 
propagated, Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha), and juvenile Snake River fall chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). NWFSC will capture, handle, and tag 
subyearling, endangered, fall chinook salmon at McNary Dam on the 
Columbia River as part of a study comparing the adult recoveries of 
run-of-river subyearling chinook salmon subjected to transport past 
hydropower dams versus those migrating inriver under as favorable 
passage conditions as possible. The other two listed species will be 
captured and handled incidental to the research. NWFSC will capture, 
handle, and tag the subyearling fish from June 15 to September 15 
during each of 3 separate years, not necessarily in succession. The 
requested duration of the permit is 5 years.
    Permit 914 authorizes NWFSC to capture, handle, and release 
juvenile, endangered, naturally produced and artificially propagated 
Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and 
juvenile, endangered, Snake River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha) as part of a study to assess the incidence of gas bubble 
disease (GBD) 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. For Modification 1, NWFSC requests an increase in the take 
of the two listed species already authorized to be taken and 
authorization to capture, handle, and release juvenile, endangered, 
Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) to carry out a new 
study objective. The purpose of the new objective is to compare the 
prevalence of signs of GBD in juvenile salmonids collected from the 
reservoir and tailrace of Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River and the 
reservoir of McNary Dam on the Columbia River with the prevalence of 
signs of GBD in fish examined by Fish Passage Center Smolt Monitoring 
Program personnel at the same two dams. The requested duration for the 
new study objective is from April 15 to June 15, 1995. Permit 914 
expires on December 31, 1998.
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species 
Division, Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226, within 30 days of the 
publication of this notice. Those individuals requesting a hearing 
should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular 
application would be appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the 
discretion of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 
[[Page 7753]] NOAA. All statements and opinions contained in this 
application summary are those of the applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NMFS.
    Documents submitted in connection with the above application are 
available for review by interested persons in the following offices by 
appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Environmental and Technical Services Division, NMFS, NOAA, 525 
North East Oregon St., Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232 (503-230-5400).

    Dated: February 3, 1995.
Patricia A. Montanio,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-3214 Filed 2-8-95; 8:45 am]
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