Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 7, 1996 / Notices 20515

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Margaret Lorenz,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11264 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 042996C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification 5 to

permit 817 (P45K), modification 1 to

permit 956 (P45S), and receipt of a

notification of withdrawal of the request

for modification 3 to permit 849 (P510).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued modifications to

permits that authorize takes of

Endangered Species Act-listed species

for the purpose of scientific research,

subject to certain conditions set forth

therein, to the National Biological

Service at Cook, WA (NBS) and has

received notification of the withdrawal

of a modification request from the

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort Hall,

ID (SBT).

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

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, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite

500, Portland, OR 97232–4169 (503–

230–5400).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

modifications to permits 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 ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

222).

Notice was published on February 29,

1996 (61 FR 7776) that an application

had been filed by NBS (P45K) for

modification 5 to scientific research

permit 817. Modification 5 to permit

817 was issued on April 16, 1996.

Permit 817 authorizes a direct take of

juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall

chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) and an indirect take of

juvenile, threatened, Snake River

spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated

with scientific research on the

spawning, rearing, and migratory

requirements of fall chinook salmon in

the Columbia River Basin. Modification

5 authorizes an increase in the annual

take of ESA-listed species in association

with three additional scientific research

activities. NBS will evaluate the extent,

seasonality, and size selectivity of

predation on subyearling fall chinook

salmon; estimate food availability and

growth of subyearling fall chinook

salmon in nearshore rearing habitats for

eventual use in a bioenergetics model;

and relate juvenile fall chinook salmon

survival to physiological development.

Modification 5 is valid for the duration

of the permit. Permit 817 expires on

December 31, 1996.

Notice was published on February 29,

1996 (61 FR 7776) that an application

had been filed by NBS (P45S) for

modification 1 to scientific research

permit 956. Modification 1 to permit

956 was issued on April 23, 1996.

Permit 956 authorizes a take of juvenile,

ESA-listed, Snake River spring/summer

chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha) associated with a study

designed to provide managers with data

on the distribution, abundance,

movement, and habitat use of

anadromous fish that migrate through

Lower Granite Reservoir on the Snake

River in WA. For modification 1, NBS

is authorized to collect juvenile fish, a

portion of which will be ESA-listed

juveniles, with a purse seine in Lower

Granite pool to obtain the maximum

sample size needed for annual radio tag

transmitter research. NBS will apply

radio transmitter tags by surgical

implantation and transport the ESAlisted juvenile fish from the point of

acquisition to an upstream release site.

NBS will use radio-tagged fish to

evaluate the operation of a surface

collector prototype in the forebay of

Lower Granite Dam. Also, NBS will

capture, handle, and release ESA-listed

juvenile fish while using a mid-water

trawl for species verification of

hydroacoustic surveys. Modification 1 is

valid for the duration of the permit.

Permit 956 expires on September 30,

1999.

Notice was published on March 5,

1996 (61 FR 8568) that an application

had been filed by SBT (P510) for

modification 3 to scientific research

permit 849. Permit 849 authorizes a take

of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated

with stock assessment and fish

condition surveys in the Salmon River

subbasin and the pond series of Yankee

Fork, Salmon River in Idaho. For

modification 3, SBT requested to

expand the area of their electrofishing

research to include the Salmon River

subbasin, an area previously

unspecified for this research activity.

Notification has been received that SBT

would like to withdraw the request for

modification 3 to permit 849. Since the

target species of the proposed expanded

research area is bull trout, a non-listed

species, and there is a possibility of an

incidental take of an ESA-listed species

associated with the research, SBT will

submit an incidental take permit

application.

Issuance of the modifications, as

required by the ESA, was based on a

finding that such actions: (1) Were

requested in good faith, (2) will not

operate to the disadvantage of the ESAlisted species that are the subject of the

permits, and (3) is consistent with the

purposes and policies set forth in

section 2 of the ESA and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed

species permits.

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Margaret Lorenz,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11265 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Extension of Two

Currently Approved Information

Collections; 3038–0021 and 3038–0023

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub.

L. 104–13) this notice announces that

the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission intends to submit to the

Office of Management and Budget

requests for the extension of two

currently approved information

collections which expire on June 30,

1996. These collections are:

3038–0021—Regulations Governing

Bankruptcies of Commodity Brokers

3038–0023—Regulations and Forms Relating

to Registration with the Commission

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

comment on these information

collections should contact Jeff Hill,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 3228, NEOB, Washington, DC

20502, (202) 395–7340. Copies of the

submission are available from Joe F.

Mink, Agency Clearance Officer, (202)

418–5170.